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Recent Examples of leapfrog
Getty Images Amazon long ago passed Walmart in terms of market cap, but the e-commerce giant is finally poised to leapfrog its brick-and-mortar rival by another key metric: revenue.
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Robert Hum, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
China has now leapfrogged from 18 months to six months behind state-of-the-art AI models developed in the U.S., one person said.
—Kenrick Cai, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Texas leapfrogged Connecticut to move up to fifth, and the Huskies remained sixth.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
After being leapfrogged by the Sens, the B’s are currently out of a playoff spot.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
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Robert Hum, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
China has now leapfrogged from 18 months to six months behind state-of-the-art AI models developed in the U.S., one person said.
—Kenrick Cai, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Texas leapfrogged Connecticut to move up to fifth, and the Huskies remained sixth.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
After being leapfrogged by the Sens, the B’s are currently out of a playoff spot.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
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Netflix added 37 million new subscribers in 2020, while Disney+ leaped to over 70 million subscribers.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yet leaping to an all-electric mandate without the right infrastructure is an economic disaster waiting to happen, and this new electrical rate increase — up to 11.4% per household— is the first of many financial jolts to our personal budgets.—
Kris DeLair,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Colt escapes by initially driving a speedboat while facing away from the controls, evades his pursuers by zigging and zagging through the river, and then purposefully drives his boat into a floating pontoon, faking his own death via the gigantic explosion.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Now, however, DHS states that the previous rules hindered law enforcement efforts by creating sites where people without legal status could evade capture.—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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After skipping most of the awards shows she was invited to before her tweets were discovered, Gascón is expected to attend the Oscars on Sunday, Variety reported.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The procurement org that skipped over patients at the highest rate over the past two years is Lifebanc, located in Warrensville Heights.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Deer can wreak havoc on your garden so growing deer-resistant groundcovers can be a good way to avoid browsing damage.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, Hartford continues to avoid the heavy lifting that is required to have a successful system.—
Vincent Turley,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week jumped to 242,000, the highest in three months.—
Steven Lemongello,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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By the end of March, however, the microalgae’s carbon uptake had jumped, along with the number of cells and the concentration of chlorophyll—proxies for growth and photosynthesis.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
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The 48 men were arrested by Thai authorities 11 years ago after crossing the border to Thailand in an attempt to escape persecution in China and had been kept in detention and legal limbo ever since.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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But in 2023 she and her associate Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested for child abuse after one of Franke’s sons escaped from Hildebrandt’s home in Utah.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
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The grant money is paying to remove vegetation along a 100-foot perimeter at the upper part of the coastal canyon Buck Gully Reserve, which is 1,200 acres and bounded by homes, roadways and the Pelican Hills Golf Course.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
27 Feb. 2025
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When that happens, the algorithm is deemed optimal — inexorably bounded from above and below, leaving no room for further refinement.—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Spencer’s 22 charges included crimes committed during a chaotic attempt to elude capture, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Raul Jimenez, a striker Nuno knows well from their time together at Wolverhampton Wanderers, also repeatedly managed to elude a three-man central defence including Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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