as in leaped
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
vaulted over the obstacle with ease
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Recent Examples of vaulted
With a single photo, though, Swift vaulted it from obscurity into obsession.
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Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
The Crown is riding an eight-game winning streak and vaulted to third place in the Eastern Conference standings.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Spread across several vaulted and atrium spaces, the bar is named for the year the palace was constructed.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Once lagging peers, Klarna has vaulted ahead of traditional lenders and even some big technology companies on this metric, showing what happens when automation, machine learning, and ruthless cost control are fused into a single operating model.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
The Crown is riding an eight-game winning streak and vaulted to third place in the Eastern Conference standings.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Spread across several vaulted and atrium spaces, the bar is named for the year the palace was constructed.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Once lagging peers, Klarna has vaulted ahead of traditional lenders and even some big technology companies on this metric, showing what happens when automation, machine learning, and ruthless cost control are fused into a single operating model.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaulted
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But what made this win truly unmatched wasn’t the leaderboard but the moment his son Frankie sprinted across the 18th green and leaped into his arms.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Yes, the team that led comfortably all game, that leaped ahead 20-3, went up by as much as 31-10 and had to punt just twice.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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That figure jumped 26 percent over last year’s NLCS, which was the previous record in Japan.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Indians were publicly traded in the 1990s at major discounts to private values, and only jumped when they were taken private.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Finesse then hopped on Instagram Live and said that he was arrested for THC vapes and not hard drugs.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
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Afterward, the group bar-hopped, grabbed tacos and Holly danced the night away — the fix held perfectly.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Vaulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaulted. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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