leapfrogging

Definition of leapfroggingnext
present participle of leapfrog

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Verb
  • After just 46 games last season in Double-A, the multi-position infielder made Detroit's major league roster with an undeniably strong spring, skipping Triple-A entirely.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • As the unconscious Moon enters your 6th House of Wellness, you’re prepped to notice unhelpful patterns, like skipping meals or losing sleep.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Heat’s chances of avoiding the NBA’s play-in tournament are now very slim.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The loss was Orlando’s eighth in the past 10 games as the team continues to trend the opposite direction of avoiding the Play-In Tournament.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Merrill made a sensational leaping catch to rob McGonigle of a homer in the second, getting his glove well above the wall just in front of the 396 sign.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • King was also helped along the way by Merrill keeping the game 0-0 in the second inning by leaping above the short wall in right-center field to take away what would have been the first big-league home run by McGonigle, who was 4-for-5 on Thursday in his MLB debut.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • According to Basketball Reference’s playoff probabilities report, the Heat entered Wednesday with just a 9 percent chance of evading the play-in tourney.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Eric Lampkin-Scarborough, 19, was arrested for insufficient bonds related to a felony weapon charge and a misdemeanor evading arrest charge.
    Briauna Brown, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Prepare for another massive change with temps jumping again in the Philadelphia region.
    Bill Kelly, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The video, which circulated on social media Friday, shows three men wearing white shirts and black pants jumping out of a car beside a field in southwestern Iran.
    Max Burman, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Rear doors on police cars typically only open from the outside to prevent arrestees from escaping.
    Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But Sasaki locked in to strike out José Ramírez and induce Kyle Manzardo to line out, escaping without further damage.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With the enthusiastic Sun loping into your 9th House of Mental Expansion, curiosity is about to become your best guide.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
  • This addictive, loping track is one of the best and strangest songs from the artist’s fifth album.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Companies like Runway see themselves as a bridge between the Silicon Valley hypesters and Hollywood skeptics, catering to filmmakers with tools and eschewing social applications like ByteDance’s Seesaw (The Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight people).
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Bourbaki prioritized abstraction over all else, eschewing concrete examples and calculations in favor of only the most general statements.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Leapfrogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrogging. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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