as in leaping
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
vaulted over the obstacle with ease
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Recent Examples of vaulting
Mercor raised $100 million in February from backers including Benchmark and General Catalyst, vaulting its valuation to $2 billion, eightfold from $250 million just a few months before.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Indiana picked up a key 95-75 victory over Seattle on Tuesday, vaulting from eighth to sixth in the standings.
—Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The new season continues probing that tension between father and son—not by picking up where the original show left off, but by vaulting forward into the future (a rarity for animated programs, whose characters often remain fixed in time).
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
The company reported earnings on Friday, beating on revenue and EPS expectations, vaulting the stock onto our list.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Indiana picked up a key 95-75 victory over Seattle on Tuesday, vaulting from eighth to sixth in the standings.
—Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The new season continues probing that tension between father and son—not by picking up where the original show left off, but by vaulting forward into the future (a rarity for animated programs, whose characters often remain fixed in time).
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
The company reported earnings on Friday, beating on revenue and EPS expectations, vaulting the stock onto our list.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaulting
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The piece opens with a description of an iconic photograph of Blass, leaping in ecstasy after leading his team to a World Series victory, in 1971.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Smallmouth bass are among the hardest-fighting freshwater sport fishes, popular with anglers for the leaping acrobatics the fish perform trying to unhook themselves.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Irishman nailed it and went berserk, running around the green and jumping into the arms of his caddie and anyone else who’d have him.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The trend, popularized by creator Kathryn Smith in a viral video, encourages viewers to start their day by hopping out of bed and jumping 50 times.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the woman hopping away from the frame is Monica Velasco, a former Dolphins cheerleader who has been married to Taylor since August 2020.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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The trend, popularized by creator Kathryn Smith in a viral video, encourages viewers to start their day by hopping out of bed and jumping 50 times.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Vaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaulting. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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