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Recent Examples of leapfrog
Those wins, combined with a Spurs loss in Oklahoma City this week, allowed the Nuggets to leapfrog back into second place halfway through.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Again and again, inventors and entrepreneurs leapfrog their competitors, with each technological advance extending the ladder further upward, spurring economic growth in the process.
—David J. Kappos, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Dolphins could leapfrog the Saints if Miami loses out and New Orleans wins at Tennessee or at Atlanta and if the Dolphins maintain their narrow lead in strength of schedule.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Did Amazon Web Services just leapfrog Alphabet 's Google Cloud and Microsoft's Azure with its innovations for business-to-business and the gravitation from on-premise to the cloud?
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Again and again, inventors and entrepreneurs leapfrog their competitors, with each technological advance extending the ladder further upward, spurring economic growth in the process.
—David J. Kappos, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Dolphins could leapfrog the Saints if Miami loses out and New Orleans wins at Tennessee or at Atlanta and if the Dolphins maintain their narrow lead in strength of schedule.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Did Amazon Web Services just leapfrog Alphabet 's Google Cloud and Microsoft's Azure with its innovations for business-to-business and the gravitation from on-premise to the cloud?
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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Consider the squirrel outside your window, leaping branch to branch, adjusting mid-flight for wind and flex.—
Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Williams is a question after missing the Barcelona test and not particularly leaping out during Bahrain testing.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Deputies tried to pull the driver over, but the driver instead chose to flee, and during the chase, the driver allegedly turned his headlights off to try and evade deputies, the sheriff's office said.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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About half of China’s oil imports must traverse the strait, and 90% of Iran’s oil supply ends up in China, often via third countries to evade sanctions.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Rotate data indicated that the Middle Eastern conflict had forced carriers to reroute their freighters to different stops worldwide, or skip them altogether.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
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Avoid skipping meals, which can slow your metabolism and lead to overeating later.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
3 Mar. 2026
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Set up gentle boundaries during family talks to avoid old loops.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The best approach is simply to avoid the area until cleanup is actually possible.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Brent futures, the global oil benchmark, jumped another 6% to $82 a barrel, per FactSet data.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Don’t jump to conclusions — not about yourself nor anyone else.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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With Sunday marking the start of a four-game homestand that includes matchups against the Wizards on Tuesday, Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday and Orlando Magic on Saturday, this is an important week for the Heat to take advantage of in its push to escape the NBA’s play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Unlike that unfortunate royal, however, the hoard of coins successfully escaped capture; Anastasia, in reality, did not.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Over six feet tall and skinny, with a mass of reddish curls, Fleming leaps and bounds across stage while delivering riffs on the bitmoji skills of baby boomers, ballads dedicated to deceased chain craft store Joann’s Fabrics, and Celine Dion’s gamer sons.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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The planning area is bounded by Interstate 5 on the east, the city of Del Mar to the west, the city of Solana Beach to the north, and the University community to the south.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Hamilton is still searching for the record-breaking eighth championship that has eluded him for five years.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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Nedeljkovic’s biggest save may have come on a Sharks third-period power play, as Barron came in alone and eluded a poke check from the San Jose goalie.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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