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
The Crown is riding an eight-game winning streak and vaulted to third place in the Eastern Conference standings.
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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
The moment vaulted the sport firmly into the mainstream, changing it forever.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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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
The moment vaulted the sport firmly into the mainstream, changing it forever.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaulted
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His two-point conversion did get intercepted by Dani Dennis-Sutton, which could have been a problem — except on the very next play, Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman leapt and picked off Allar to seal the biggest win yet of Lanning’s thus-far 40-6 tenure.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Inter Miami took a 1-0 lead right before the first half whistle when Tadeo Allende leaped and drilled in a header off a perfect cross from Jordi Alba.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The five-year survival rate for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer has jumped up from around 75% in the early 1980s, to over 90% in the past few years.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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After days of explosive online back-and-forth with Nicki Minaj (and a few jabs tossed toward JT), the Bronx rapper hopped on social media with her first video addressing the fiasco that was equal parts warning and reminder.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Like the Engineer, the Pecos hopped industries and was soon embraced by Texas’ oil workers, a sign of its sheer versatility.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Vaulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaulted. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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