How to Use leapfrog in a Sentence

leapfrog

1 of 2 noun

• Add this to the list of bad ideas: Playing leapfrog with a unicorn.
  — Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• The two have been playing leapfrog with the record all season long, something of which Trautman is aware.
  — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• Think about these facts from Joe Deitch: · Life spans will increase with leapfrog advances.
  — Michael Gale, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Others got in formation for leapfrog and duck-duck-goose.
  — Pia Catton, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• Keep up this game of reverse leapfrog, and eventually death can’t catch you.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
• The leapfrog move silenced a recession warning that had been ringing in the bond market, at least for now.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
• There was an early botch on a leapfrog that seemed to drag this match down, especially with the crowd being mostly silent for it.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
• How businesses run there—with an appetite for leapfrog growth, with digital and green serving for good—is a model that the rest of the world should follow.
  — Rachel Ooi, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• Find your leapfrog First of all, Apple didn’t create the first touchscreen, the first smartphone, the first MP3 player or the first personal computer.
  — Will Hall, Recode, 4 June 2018
• Early episodes of the 10-episode season leapfrog around the country and the show’s general timeline to establish the stakes and sprawling cast of characters.
  — Caroline Framke, Variety, 31 Aug. 2021
• The support van leapfrogs the runners, providing rest and camaraderie for team members.
  — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
• So, the lack of supply is pushing buyers and renters out, causing a leapfrog effect to smaller cities and towns in Southern Ontario according to Lierman.
  — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• For him, the leapfrog innovation of Silicon Valley is far preferable.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2018
• The contractual leapfrog these quarterbacks perform with each and every new deal is tiresome.
  — Conor Orr, SI.com, 7 June 2019
• Unrelenting inflation sent the U.S. economy into a game of leapfrog.
  — Jon Hilsenrath, WSJ, 11 June 2021
• A similar game of political leapfrog could take place if California tries to become No. 3 in primary season.
  — The New York Times, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2017
• ICOs resemble both a new form of crowdfunding, and a technological leapfrog over the regulations that hem in more orthodox funding strategies.
  — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2017
• Only about 15 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, and social inequalities have let the young rich leapfrog ahead of older, poorer people.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
• Squeaky-clean cyber hygiene can ensure that attackers can't easily slip past or elude other security tools and leapfrog to another device.
  — Ofer Israeli, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• But the tactics in this latest phishing campaign also reflect Nobelium's general practice of establishing access on one system or account and then using it to gain access to others and leapfrog to numerous targets.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 28 May 2021
• The White House knew that without its leadership and facilitation, market forces alone would not meet the challenge of fast and efficient development, commercialization and use of a leapfrog technology—a pandemic-ending vaccine.
  — Michael Mina, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
• Gene flow predicated on linguistic affiliation at such a remove seems implausible, so the most parsimonious explanation is that the Munda languages arrived in India from Southeast Asia as part of a leapfrog folk wandering.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2010
• Artificial intelligence has resulted in leapfrog advances in other industries, such as healthcare, but unleashing its power requires a significant amount of data.
  — Suzanne Russo, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• Add this to the list of bad ideas: Playing leapfrog with a unicorn.
  — Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• The two have been playing leapfrog with the record all season long, something of which Trautman is aware.
  — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• Think about these facts from Joe Deitch: · Life spans will increase with leapfrog advances.
  — Michael Gale, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Others got in formation for leapfrog and duck-duck-goose.
  — Pia Catton, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• Keep up this game of reverse leapfrog, and eventually death can’t catch you.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
• The leapfrog move silenced a recession warning that had been ringing in the bond market, at least for now.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
• There was an early botch on a leapfrog that seemed to drag this match down, especially with the crowd being mostly silent for it.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021

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leapfrog

2 of 2 verb

• Skipping his last two years of high school, he leapfrogged his classmates and went to college.
• This year's technologies are leapfrogging last year's designs.
• If the Ravens trade Orlando Brown Jr., this need would leapfrog to the top of the list.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• There were eight 2-1 teams that could leapfrog the Blazers, Jazz and Nets.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 13 July 2023
• Tunisia has leapfrogged Libya as the main launching point.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• The bulls' great hope is that earnings leapfrog the 2019 summits.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2021
• The Sox would have to leapfrog four clubs to play in October.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
• Even with three wild-card spots, the Sox would have to leapfrog four teams over the final 40 games to sneak in.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022
• Will this leapfrog its way up song-of-the-summer rankings?
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 10 June 2021
• In 1989, Senna needed to take first place to leapfrog Prost in the standings.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
• Could Penn State leapfrog the Buckeyes and be the Wolverines’ biggest threat?
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• That’s a lot of bodies Sharpe must leapfrog for playing time.
  — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
• With Trump’s backing, DeSantis leapfrogged to a large lead in the polls.
  — Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey and Hannah Knowles, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2023
• Aiming to leapfrog the Jaguars, however, would be setting the bar far too high.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• There was still an outside chance for the Spurs to leapfrog New Orleans in ninth and host a play-in contest Wednesday.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2022
• The result helped the Oilers, winners of three in a row since making a coaching change last week, leapfrog the Kings in the standings.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
• Entering Tuesday, the Angels are five games out in the wild-card race with five teams to leapfrog — a lot of ground to make up with two months to go.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
• Teams have been intrigued by his shooting and all around play, giving him a chance to leapfrog some bigger names.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2023
• But as of now, Montgomery doesn’t expect Swayman to leapfrog Ullmark on the depth chart for Game 1 of the postseason.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Not long ago, technology was the big idea for enabling Africa to leapfrog its way out of poverty.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• And if the Falcons target Willis, who sparkled at his pro day Tuesday, probably gonna need to leapfrog the Steelers to get him.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
• Now, in what can only be described as extreme weather whiplash, Friday could leapfrog past 80 and be the first day of the year to hit 90 degrees.
  — oregonlive, 27 Apr. 2023
• Brightly lets Siemens leapfrog to the next level of performance for buildings.
  — Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• The Seals can still leapfrog Toronto for first place with a combination of two wins and two Toronto losses.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Smith made a shocking move last month to ask the Supreme Court to leapfrog the appeals court and decide the issue immediately.
  — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• The Sox, who have 26 games left in the regular season, will try to preserve their position as the second wild-card team or leapfrog the Yankees.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• Both programs will need to play major catch-up to leapfrog Oregon State as Mason’s leader, as he’s grown quite close to the coaching staff.
  — oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2021
• To allow Ukraine to leapfrog over the others would stir passions in the Western Balkans where several are awaiting a nod.
  — Raf Casert, ajc, 9 Mar. 2022
• The promotion would have seen Mills leapfrog the sheriff and report directly to Budish.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2021
• Rookie Jackson Merrill leapfrogged Triple-A altogether to become the confident-beyond-his-years starter in center field.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024