as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
we had trouble following the lecturer's leaping look at archaeological discoveries around the world
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as in jumping
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence
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Recent Examples of leaping
Dan Albano, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Bryce Teodosio’s long fly ball landed to the back side of a leaping Outman, going for a leadoff triple in the bottom of the eighth inning.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
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
At that moment, the two men ran for safety — Holguin jumping into his SUV in the driveway and Silva leaping onto a banister along the front porch.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The latest poster shows a well, fire raging, with a figure leaping outward.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
But two new studies offer some of the strongest evidence to date that large language models (LLMs) can generate truly novel scientific ideas, leaping to non-obvious insights that might otherwise require many years of painstaking lab work.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Visitors cram in shoulder to shoulder with other visitors on the viewing platforms, all angling for that iconic shot of a salmon leaping into a waiting bear’s mouth.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Before leaping, aspiring founders would do well to plan not just their business model, but their emotional resilience, financial buffers, support systems and personal boundaries.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Some guardians swing swords with a momentum that pushes them too far forward, leaping right over enemies when trying to line up multiple strikes.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Two plays later, Savage made a leaping interception in the end zone.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Bryce Teodosio’s long fly ball landed to the back side of a leaping Outman, going for a leadoff triple in the bottom of the eighth inning.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 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
At that moment, the two men ran for safety — Holguin jumping into his SUV in the driveway and Silva leaping onto a banister along the front porch.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The latest poster shows a well, fire raging, with a figure leaping outward.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
But two new studies offer some of the strongest evidence to date that large language models (LLMs) can generate truly novel scientific ideas, leaping to non-obvious insights that might otherwise require many years of painstaking lab work.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Visitors cram in shoulder to shoulder with other visitors on the viewing platforms, all angling for that iconic shot of a salmon leaping into a waiting bear’s mouth.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Before leaping, aspiring founders would do well to plan not just their business model, but their emotional resilience, financial buffers, support systems and personal boundaries.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Some guardians swing swords with a momentum that pushes them too far forward, leaping right over enemies when trying to line up multiple strikes.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaping
Adjective
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In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
Adjective
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Evening light spills across the pollinator gardens—alive with bees, hummingbirds, and the occasional wandering chicken—before dissolving into the shimmer of the Mackinac Bridge.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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In tandem with our wandering, deeper and deeper goes our conversation.—
Paul Greenberg,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the woman hopping away from the frame is Monica Velasco, a former Dolphins cheerleader who has been married to Taylor since August 2020.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Leaping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaping. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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