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Recent Examples of leapfrog
In each case, China leapfrogged the West and locked in global dominance.
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Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Sales are down of both new and used cars; protestors are targeting the company’s vehicles and facilities; and other brands are leapfrogging Tesla in sales numbers.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
Africa’s clean energy needs are surging as the continent seeks to leapfrog traditional infrastructure and provide electricity to the nearly 600 million people still without access.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Stiller leapfrogged to the next wrung of Hollywood stardom, becoming a comedy kingpin for the next decade, while De Niro turned his tough guy persona on its head, extending his star power into the 21st century.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Sales are down of both new and used cars; protestors are targeting the company’s vehicles and facilities; and other brands are leapfrogging Tesla in sales numbers.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
Africa’s clean energy needs are surging as the continent seeks to leapfrog traditional infrastructure and provide electricity to the nearly 600 million people still without access.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Stiller leapfrogged to the next wrung of Hollywood stardom, becoming a comedy kingpin for the next decade, while De Niro turned his tough guy persona on its head, extending his star power into the 21st century.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
Verb
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Some day, the 22-year-old might leap tall buildings in a single bound, but for now, Condon is content to learn his trade.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
5 July 2025
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Linkin Park’s debut full-length Hybrid Theory leaps from No. 9 to No. 7.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Ten people involved in the ambush were arrested that night or early the next morning, but Song evaded capture, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Subscribers can skip boxes without penalty, and first-time users can jump in with a one-off purchase.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Ranged across the top of the SoundLink Plus there is a strip of soft-touch controls for turning the speaker on and off, initiating Bluetooth pairing, syncing with other Bose speakers, as well as playing and pausing music, skipping tracks and adjusting volume levels.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Giving up athletics had an impact on her body and changes were required to avoid injury.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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Each week spent on development and every disaster avoided adds to the company’s financial, reputational and customer support success.—
Sai Sandeep Ogety,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The stock has jumped 16% in just a week, reaching a new 52-week high of $18.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 215 points, or 0.49%.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
Verb
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For more than two decades, a special team of Mexican police officers has quietly worked along the northern border to track down and deport foreign fugitives who cross into Mexico to escape criminal charges in their home countries.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Tanya Ramsey's brother and mother were staying in a cabin 100 yards away, and Jeff Ramsey's call to them gave them enough time to escape, Jake Ramsey said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
Verb
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The half-block bounded by 7th and 8th Streets, and K and Merchant Streets, including an Irish pub and Butcher & Barrel.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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The blaze was burning in the city block bounded by South Los Angeles Street, East 4th Street, Wall Street and Winston Street.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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The honor somehow eluded his son Adam, a consistent slugger with 255 career homers.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Flores-Ruiz briefly eluded the federal immigration arrest inside the courthouse but agents caught up with him outside the building on April 18.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
7 July 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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