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Recent Examples of leapfrog
While China hawks and lawmakers from both parties criticized the H20 move, the White House argues that withholding the sale could actually help China to leapfrog the US in the race to build artificial intelligence chips.
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Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Ewers, who makes quick reads and bold throws regularly, would need dominant performances in the preseason to leapfrog Wilson because of the former second-overall pick’s experience (33 NFL starts) edge.
—Omar Kelly
august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Texas has a chance to leapfrog New York on Wednesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Pit earlier than your opponent and use the advantage of fresh tires to leapfrog them—aka the undercut—or do the opposite and extend the first stint, then use more of your tires up in a shorter amount of time during the next stop.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2025
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Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Ewers, who makes quick reads and bold throws regularly, would need dominant performances in the preseason to leapfrog Wilson because of the former second-overall pick’s experience (33 NFL starts) edge.
—Omar Kelly
august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Texas has a chance to leapfrog New York on Wednesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Pit earlier than your opponent and use the advantage of fresh tires to leapfrog them—aka the undercut—or do the opposite and extend the first stint, then use more of your tires up in a shorter amount of time during the next stop.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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Will Ferrell, who in 2003 successfully leaped from SNL to the big screen with the Todd Phillips hit Old School, was a catalyst for the golden decade of big comedies that followed.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Mohamed Salah leapt for joy in front of the elated away supporters before being mobbed by his team-mates.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rather than provide food or temporary shelter for such workers in the colder months, municipalities would round them up and remove them, to save money and evade any responsibility to aid them.—
Time,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Milwaukee, Kellner said that around 33% of bus riders have evaded paying fares in 2025 but that the agency has identified a few cost-neutral strategies targeted at reducing fare evasion down to 30% by September 2026, the same rate of evasion busses saw in 2024.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At its event this week, Apple skipped some key details that could affect your decision.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Speedrunners have also found some arcane sequence skips to get around certain bosses or methods for putting off some boss fights until later than the developers intended.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, by sharing so much of Lisa's code, the interface practically demanded a pointing device, and the mouse was selected, even though Raskin had so carefully tried to avoid it.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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These writers will work under the latest Public Television Freelance Agreement, which the WGA East ratified in December after a lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiation cycle with PBS, narrowly avoiding a strike.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The typical price of a single-family home in the United States is about $368,000, jumping roughly 13% over the past 5 years and 38% over the last decade, the ABC News data team found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Oracle said that revenue this fiscal year in that business will jump 77% to $18 billion from $10 billion in the last year.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Most want to see better protections and less exploitation of fighters so that they are exposed to the least amount of danger in a sport that cannot escape it.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Elephants moved silently in the distance, and a herd of impala bounded across the plain, skittish but unconcerned with us.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Wonnum into safety Tre’von Moehrig and then went off to the races after eluding safety Nick Scott.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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DeJean eluded another Chiefs lineman and broke a tackle to reach the end zone.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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