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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Cameras captured a heartwarming scene of a father and son leaping into the air, screaming and hugging each other in disbelief and joy, as McIlroy's ball dropped into the cup.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The fugitive runs for it, crashing through clotheslines made of jump ropes, crashing on the floor several times, climbing the bike racks and leaping over the wall to his secret sanctuary.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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EDTIn a press conference, authorities shared security camera footage of the gunman running across a roof and jumping down from a building before leaving the Utah Valley University campus.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The footage showed the person running across the roof of one of the university’s buildings, before jumping down and escaping the scene.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Peacemaker himself hopping to a different dimension has thrown a wrench into things.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Late last month, users on X were hopping between Streameast sites hosted in different regions, though often finding little success.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Vaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaulting. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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