leapfrogging

present participle of leapfrog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrogging
Verb
  • Eggs can cost more than cereals, and this can lead to this population skipping meals or going hungry.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Coaches and/or GMs always talk, but because of the Jonathan Kuminga contract standoff, skipping was apparently the way to go.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cubs were taught essential survival skills—including hunting and avoiding humans—to get ready to be reintroduced to the wild.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The change also aligned with the WHO’s guidelines for naming diseases, which emphasize avoiding names that are offensive to cultural groups, or that negatively impact trade, tourism, or animal welfare.
    Dr. Nikki Romanik, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Smallmouth bass are among the hardest-fighting freshwater sport fishes, popular with anglers for the leaping acrobatics the fish perform trying to unhook themselves.
    Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This year’s skillshare in Philadelphia is slated to offer a series of hourlong workshops, including a lesson on evading law enforcement and eluding capture.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Jackson was apprehended a short time later and arrested for evading arrest or detention, police said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Irishman nailed it and went berserk, running around the green and jumping into the arms of his caddie and anyone else who’d have him.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The trend, popularized by creator Kathryn Smith in a viral video, encourages viewers to start their day by hopping out of bed and jumping 50 times.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After escaping prison in New Jersey in November 1979, Shakur lived in hiding for several years before being smuggled to Cuba, where Fidel Castro’s government granted her asylum in 1984.
    Essence, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Female students were praying separately and escaping from another part of the school.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Jaglom became a studio-eschewing writer-director, making films starring New Hollywood folks like Dennis Hopper, Karen Black, and Nicholson.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Rather, this is merely one more reflection of how Iger has long sought to position Disney as a family-friendly, classic Americana brand with appeal across all sides while eschewing blatantly divisive programming.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Leapfrogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrogging. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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