as in breakthrough
a sudden large change or improvement
Prices have taken a quantum leap upward. The new drug is a quantum leap in the fight against cancer.
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When medicine takes this quantum leap, the era of rigid classifications will give way to a future of dynamic, personalized health trajectories.
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Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
As a Yang Earth sign, the Dog has the patience to take it one small step at a time, but quantum leaps are also possible!
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
This form of computing could theoretically make, ahem, quantum leaps in both speed and number of calculations a computer could perform simultaneously.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Leveraging Quantum Computing To Challenge Encryption The next quantum leap will probably be in quantum computing.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
As a Yang Earth sign, the Dog has the patience to take it one small step at a time, but quantum leaps are also possible!
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
This form of computing could theoretically make, ahem, quantum leaps in both speed and number of calculations a computer could perform simultaneously.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Leveraging Quantum Computing To Challenge Encryption The next quantum leap will probably be in quantum computing.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quantum leap
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