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
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
However, significant gaps have remained in healthcare's ability to produce innovative leaps that radically reshape what's possible in treating disease.
—Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
And for as much pushback as there is, there are some big leaps forward.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Lauer has gone through delivery adjustments and career leaps.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
But taking on Paddington Bear is several giant leaps from Charles Dickens adaptations, TV sitcoms or political satire, and will be no marmalade sandwich-laden picnic.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Something as simple as adding a tablespoon of fresh ground flax or chia seeds to a smoothie can do leaps and bounds improvement in the microbiome itself.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 24 May 2026
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
New York Dog leaps out from its Manhattan push cart as the East Coast delegate.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Noun
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
However, significant gaps have remained in healthcare's ability to produce innovative leaps that radically reshape what's possible in treating disease.
—Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
And for as much pushback as there is, there are some big leaps forward.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Lauer has gone through delivery adjustments and career leaps.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
But taking on Paddington Bear is several giant leaps from Charles Dickens adaptations, TV sitcoms or political satire, and will be no marmalade sandwich-laden picnic.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Something as simple as adding a tablespoon of fresh ground flax or chia seeds to a smoothie can do leaps and bounds improvement in the microbiome itself.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Verb
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
New York Dog leaps out from its Manhattan push cart as the East Coast delegate.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaps
Noun
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Hernandez talked and laughed with female counterparts in between jumps.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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All eyes moved to the final event of the meet, the triple jump, where Cromwell sophomore Luke Haslam sat in first place with three jumps left.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
Verb
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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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Levi Coleman, a 10-year-old with a mop of light brown hair, hops off.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
29 May 2026
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“Leaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaps. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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