as in breakthroughs
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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What technology breakthroughs will underpin this forecasted dramatic improvement in the resource efficiency of artificial intelligence?—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026 -
The country wants breakthroughs by 2027 and a globally competitive brain-computer interface industry by 2030.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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