as in breakthrough
a sudden large change or improvement
Prices have taken a quantum leap upward. The new drug is a quantum leap in the fight against cancer.
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Recent Examples of quantum leap
This will mark a quantum leap in our collective defense.
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Mark Rutte, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
That’s a massive improvement: even a quantum leap, if the company can pull it off.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Whatever happens at Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium next week, Arsenal have taken a quantum leap in their development.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The 26-year-old rap star is preparing to cement her quantum leap to stardom with her debut album later this year.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
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Mark Rutte, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
That’s a massive improvement: even a quantum leap, if the company can pull it off.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Whatever happens at Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium next week, Arsenal have taken a quantum leap in their development.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The 26-year-old rap star is preparing to cement her quantum leap to stardom with her debut album later this year.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantum leap
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After her breakthrough role as the bubbly, naïve Tai, Brittany Murphy's film career took off, landing her starring roles in 8 Mile (2002), Uptown Girls (2003), Just Married (2003) and Sin City (2005).—
Julia Emmanuele,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Clueless was Murphy's breakthrough film, kicking off an impressive but tragically short career.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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Dayton, a small community near Chattanooga, had lost a factory to bankruptcy and needed the boost.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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The state’s total prison population is up about 7% since the compensation boost took effect.—
Mario Koran,
jsonline.com,
12 July 2025
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“Quantum leap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantum%20leap. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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