quantum leap

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Recent Examples of quantum leap For Florida’s defense to make a quantum leap, the Gators will be best served to get in lockstep with Sapp. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025 This will fuel a quantum leap in our collective defense. Gabe Whisnant shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 This will mark a quantum leap in our collective defense. Mark Rutte, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025 This represents a quantum leap in human possibility. Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantum leap
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Noun
  • Critics of that plan — who include advocates and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle — have warned that such steep cuts could prematurely end missions in which NASA has invested billions of dollars and threaten the nation’s ability to continue making world-leading breakthroughs.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Today, as climate change makes weather more difficult to predict, and as extreme weather events increase in frequency and ferocity, meteorologists are hoping another big technological breakthrough will give them an edge.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fazit is the boost your routine never saw coming.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Regarding York, the coaching change from John Tortorella to Tocchet did seem to give him a boost, judging from his training camp.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sustained winds of around 75 mph (120 kph) were recorded with some additional strengthening expected.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • It's forecast to experience steady to rapid strengthening and could become a major hurricane, with winds of 115 mph or more over the weekend.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025

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