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Recent Examples of leapfrog
Most growth is concentrated in high-fertility regions like Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, where governments see AI as a shortcut to leapfrog industrial gaps.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
The [Chinese Communist Party] is trying to leapfrog us in AI, quantum computing, and other critical technologies.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Ewers, who makes quick reads and bold throws regularly, would need dominant performances in the preseason to leapfrog Wilson because of the former second-overall pick’s experience (33 NFL starts) edge.
—Omar Kelly
august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Texas has a chance to leapfrog New York on Wednesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
The [Chinese Communist Party] is trying to leapfrog us in AI, quantum computing, and other critical technologies.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Ewers, who makes quick reads and bold throws regularly, would need dominant performances in the preseason to leapfrog Wilson because of the former second-overall pick’s experience (33 NFL starts) edge.
—Omar Kelly
august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Texas has a chance to leapfrog New York on Wednesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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Of course, there’s still a final hurdle for Cootes to leap over in the final week of the preseason.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The piece opens with a description of an iconic photograph of Blass, leaping in ecstasy after leading his team to a World Series victory, in 1971.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Slimy Lunch Meats Lunch meats are one of those things that often evade clean-outs.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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But when the Coast Guard approached on a 45-foot response boat, authorities said, the cuddy cabin boat began racing south to evade arrest.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Parents who identify as Republican, younger, or homeschool their children are among the most likely to delay or skip vaccines, the survey found.—
Suhail Bhat,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The grand jury indictment means the former fire chief’s criminal case skips the preliminary hearing phase and moves directly to trial.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Engelbert said Friday that the league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association continue to meet and negotiate with the hopes of avoiding a work stoppage.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The stock's best performance in the past 25 years occurred under CEO Alan Mulally, from September 2006 through July 2014, when shares jumped roughly 178%.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The five-year survival rate for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer has jumped up from around 75% in the early 1980s, to over 90% in the past few years.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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On autopilot The NGC Cinema-Grand Blanc Trillium, about three-quarters of a mile away on Holly Road, became a triage and reunification site for church members who escaped the attack.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Within moments, the rangy 29-year-old actor Harris Dickinson bounds down an exterior staircase and shakes my hand.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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Then, as if that were not enough excitement for any hunter at one time, a big mule-deer buck broke out of the thicket and bounded away to my left, straight for Sally.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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Yoni Mendez-Lopez, 29, a Mexican national, was taken into custody with a record that includes resisting an officer, battery on a law enforcement officer, assault on a law enforcement officer, driving without a valid license, and attempting to flee to elude law enforcement, according to ICE.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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These technologies are revolutionizing humanity’s ability to catalog Earth’s species, which are estimated to number 8 million—though perhaps far, far more—by illuminating the teeming life that so often eludes human observation.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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