as in hops
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 leaps
Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
But the talent of American players has grown by leaps and bounds, with the current generation of players featuring on soccer’s highest stages more often than ever.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
That left the unpredictable 4-year-old, who’d made giant leaps during the visit.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Now, gambling leaps to the top of the list.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
While prospects complete jump-shot circuits and execute standing vertical leaps on the hardwood floor of the arena, a jumbotron above them displays a carrousel of percentages and decimals, a seemingly endless scroll documenting the quality of their performance.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
A lot of their work had nothing to do with smoothing out wires or big leaps across buildings in bravura fight sequences.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Food and gas have both seen significant leaps.
—Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
And for as much pushback as there is, there are some big leaps forward.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
So, that’s where the story leaps off from.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Yet, with several new locations, including the Italian Alps in all of their winter glory, and a group of utterly talented actors whose chemistry leaps off the screen, the show remains a world very much worth checking out.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 28 May 2026
Almodóvar nests one story inside another, leaps between them with breathtaking fluidity, and brings them both to a virtuosic, if abrupt, finish.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026
While Atwood’s Testaments novel continues 15 years after Handmaid’s Tale, the series leaps forward roughly three-to-five years.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Using a variety of ways to tell her story, including animation (watching her paintings move is a lovely treat), archival clips, and what seems to be the voice of Kahlo herself (Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero, reading Kaho's words), the painter's story leaps off the screen.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
Feminine figures caught mid-step in arabesques, leaps and entrechats made their entrance in the house design vocabularly in the early 1940s, just as Van Cleef & Arpels was stepping onto the American stage with an office at Rockefeller Center in 1939 and a Fifth Avenue boutique the following year.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Seconds later, just as the bell to end the round sounds, Lyson leaps in to call a halt to the fight.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Noun
Like it or not, some of the biggest leaps in exploration have historically depended on the wealthy patrons willing to fund them.
—Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
But the talent of American players has grown by leaps and bounds, with the current generation of players featuring on soccer’s highest stages more often than ever.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
That left the unpredictable 4-year-old, who’d made giant leaps during the visit.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Now, gambling leaps to the top of the list.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
While prospects complete jump-shot circuits and execute standing vertical leaps on the hardwood floor of the arena, a jumbotron above them displays a carrousel of percentages and decimals, a seemingly endless scroll documenting the quality of their performance.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
A lot of their work had nothing to do with smoothing out wires or big leaps across buildings in bravura fight sequences.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Food and gas have both seen significant leaps.
—Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
And for as much pushback as there is, there are some big leaps forward.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Verb
Iran defender Milad Mohammadi leaps over a New Zealand defender during the second half.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
So, that’s where the story leaps off from.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Yet, with several new locations, including the Italian Alps in all of their winter glory, and a group of utterly talented actors whose chemistry leaps off the screen, the show remains a world very much worth checking out.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 28 May 2026
Almodóvar nests one story inside another, leaps between them with breathtaking fluidity, and brings them both to a virtuosic, if abrupt, finish.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026
While Atwood’s Testaments novel continues 15 years after Handmaid’s Tale, the series leaps forward roughly three-to-five years.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Using a variety of ways to tell her story, including animation (watching her paintings move is a lovely treat), archival clips, and what seems to be the voice of Kahlo herself (Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero, reading Kaho's words), the painter's story leaps off the screen.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
Feminine figures caught mid-step in arabesques, leaps and entrechats made their entrance in the house design vocabularly in the early 1940s, just as Van Cleef & Arpels was stepping onto the American stage with an office at Rockefeller Center in 1939 and a Fifth Avenue boutique the following year.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Seconds later, just as the bell to end the round sounds, Lyson leaps in to call a halt to the fight.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaps
Noun
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The latter is a long-running feature for GoPros that effectively removes jumps and jitters from video.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
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Hernandez talked and laughed with female counterparts in between jumps.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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With nothing holding her down but a dead-end job and an aging dad, a small-town Texan girl is swiftly bedazzled by a smooth criminal drifter, and hops into his car to pursue a life less ordinary.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 June 2026
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Those suborbital hops were paused in January so the company could focus on New Glenn and upcoming moonshots.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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