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Recent Examples of leapfrog
The administration insisted the justices should take the rare step of leapfrogging the lower court to hear the cases now, given their public importance.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Paul also moved into second on the all-time steals list, again leapfrogging Kidd.
—Mike Monroe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
With Speaker Smith’s proposal, South Carolina would leapfrog neighboring Georgia and North Carolina in the tax rankings to boast a lower rate than the two neighboring states, which many see as South Carolina’s top competitors for job-creating investment.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
These organizations need to leapfrog by adopting lighthouse approaches – targeting specific areas of the business where quick wins can demonstrate the value of digital.
—Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Paul also moved into second on the all-time steals list, again leapfrogging Kidd.
—Mike Monroe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
With Speaker Smith’s proposal, South Carolina would leapfrog neighboring Georgia and North Carolina in the tax rankings to boast a lower rate than the two neighboring states, which many see as South Carolina’s top competitors for job-creating investment.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
These organizations need to leapfrog by adopting lighthouse approaches – targeting specific areas of the business where quick wins can demonstrate the value of digital.
—Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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Either way, the 2025 NFL Draft is already becoming exciting simply because of the many unknowns in terms of what teams will be attempting to trade for in terms of players or leaping up the draft board.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Dudamel’s mission all along has been to leap genre boundaries.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The key benefits of integration include: • Enhanced Threat Detection: By unifying security tools, organizations can achieve a holistic view of their threat landscape, enabling the identification of sophisticated attacks that might evade stand-alone systems.—
Bob Kruse,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Millet plays with the title and with the idea of atavism, in which an ancient trait asserts itself by skipping forward a few generations to suddenly appear in the gene pool.—
Heather Scott Partington,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Shark is hosting an epic sale with discounts across its most popular models, and these deals up to 51% off are too good to skip.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2025
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Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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Get to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The report also notes that saving intentions for middle-income Americans jumped by 2.4 points in April while their intent to use debt fell 2.5 points.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The folks at Hugging Face, the open-source artificial intelligence gurus, just jumped into the world of robotics by acquiring Pollen Robotics.—
Fox News Staff,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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While they were gone, the tiny dog escaped and sprinted off into the wilderness.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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Behind the Tigers’ strong start is Gleyber Torres’ subtle leadership Cade Cunningham, Pistons can’t escape growing pains that come with NBA playoffs Colton Pouncy is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the Detroit Lions.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The area is bounded by Interstate 30 to the north, Cherry Lane to the west, Camp Bowie West Boulevard to the south, and West Loop 820 to the west.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Musk bounded down the steps of Air Force One behind Trump in Miami, carrying his 4-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii, on his shoulders.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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The type of success that makes roster building challenging but the type of success that has long eluded the Bears.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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And 2026 will likely prove to be the last opportunity for Cristiano Ronaldo to get his hands on the only major trophy that has eluded him.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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