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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breakthroughs
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Trump last met with Putin in Alaska in August, a high-profile summit that included a military flyover but yielded no major breakthroughs.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2025 -
The school once contributed to the eradication of smallpox and the development of the polio vaccine, led breakthroughs linking air pollution to lung and heart disease, and helped demonstrate the harms of trans fats.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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