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
Adam Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Their audition process included multiple leaps, turns, and kicks.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
This was the method that yielded the first great leaps forward in computers that could play checkers and chess, and also led to the world’s first chatbots.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Achilles rehabilitation has grown leaps and bounds in recent years, with ElAttrache at the forefront.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Breville has rolled out this feature on many of its espresso machines now, but the Bambino Plus is, by leaps and bounds, the most affordable.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
This capacity to cause significant changes rapidly may help explain sudden evolutionary leaps, a concept popularized by thinkers such as Richard Dawkins.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
The implication is that while enabling leaps forward in every aspect of our lives, AI could eventually render human intelligence obsolete.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
The pioneering work of ILM cemented the role of visual effects in science fiction, and to this day these effects—driven by significant leaps in computation, animation, and rendering software—have contributed to the growth and popularity of the genre.
—Nick Foster
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Sophia A. Nelson, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The plot leaps from a slightly exaggerated take on a familiar scenario to an outlandish power struggle over an oblivious man whose own agency is increasingly beside the point.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The coach leaps into the game, twists like a dancer, handballs behind him.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
D'Angelo explained exactly what had happened to make that scene, in which a squirrel leaps out of the family tree, prompting the family to run around the house to try and evade it.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
David Digilio and Jesse Wigutow wrote the script that finds Jared Leto playing a supersoldier named Ares who leaps from the confines of the digital Grid into our real world.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Curry’s finale leaps through time, from one month after Katrina to four months, to 10 years, to today.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
As a result, Weapons is the feel-bad, feel-good movie of the year—a rare horror masterpiece that leaps beyond its genre without abandoning its sick, sad heart.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
With technology growing by leaps and bounds every day, more and more tasks can be automated.
—Adam Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Their audition process included multiple leaps, turns, and kicks.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
This was the method that yielded the first great leaps forward in computers that could play checkers and chess, and also led to the world’s first chatbots.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Achilles rehabilitation has grown leaps and bounds in recent years, with ElAttrache at the forefront.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Breville has rolled out this feature on many of its espresso machines now, but the Bambino Plus is, by leaps and bounds, the most affordable.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
This capacity to cause significant changes rapidly may help explain sudden evolutionary leaps, a concept popularized by thinkers such as Richard Dawkins.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
The implication is that while enabling leaps forward in every aspect of our lives, AI could eventually render human intelligence obsolete.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
The pioneering work of ILM cemented the role of visual effects in science fiction, and to this day these effects—driven by significant leaps in computation, animation, and rendering software—have contributed to the growth and popularity of the genre.
—Nick Foster
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
What leaps off the page in the NBC data is how independence dominates Gen Z’s definition of success—with one striking exception.
—Sophia A. Nelson, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The plot leaps from a slightly exaggerated take on a familiar scenario to an outlandish power struggle over an oblivious man whose own agency is increasingly beside the point.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The coach leaps into the game, twists like a dancer, handballs behind him.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
D'Angelo explained exactly what had happened to make that scene, in which a squirrel leaps out of the family tree, prompting the family to run around the house to try and evade it.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
David Digilio and Jesse Wigutow wrote the script that finds Jared Leto playing a supersoldier named Ares who leaps from the confines of the digital Grid into our real world.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Curry’s finale leaps through time, from one month after Katrina to four months, to 10 years, to today.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
As a result, Weapons is the feel-bad, feel-good movie of the year—a rare horror masterpiece that leaps beyond its genre without abandoning its sick, sad heart.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaps
Noun
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Upgrading your skills further adds new moves such as super jumps, rampaging charges, and powerful smash attacks.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Other cities in metro Phoenix are seeing similar jumps; Glendale, for example, saw a price increase of 46 cents in the past month.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the Royals and Guardians play each other this week, which muddles up the math a little bit (especially if Kansas City wins the series and hops the Guardians for second place).—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the gondola on the way back down the mountain to Telluride, Cannes Film Festival topper Thierry Frémaux hops on at the halfway station.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Leaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaps. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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