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as in to rush
to proceed or move quickly
when I tell you to do something, I expect you to jump
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as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
get a jump on the competition by starting early
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Recent Examples of jump
Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Goldner and his brother jumped into their car and fled just as the blaze spread through their own neighborhood.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Tobias Burns, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually, stands at about 4.8%, marking about half a percentage-point jump over the past month.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Plus, Friday trips downtown, which had been sluggish post-pandemic, jumped 14% over 2023 numbers.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Goldner and his brother jumped into their car and fled just as the blaze spread through their own neighborhood.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
The Port of Los Angeles received close to a million 20-foot containers in October, a jump of 25 percent on the year that port officials attributed in part to expected new tariffs.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually, stands at about 4.8%, marking about half a percentage-point jump over the past month.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jump
Verb
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The Uruguayan hasn’t scored in the top-flight since November but Slot leapt to his defence.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Investments in new factories and manufacturing equipment leaped 9.2 percent last year as companies added capacity for exports.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Kylie Kelce is cringing over her time spent on a dating app.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Read: Everyone should be reading Palestinian poetry The novel, which opens in 2012, has all the beats (and some of the cliché and cringe) of a romantic comedy—one that unfolds partly in the West Bank.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Hed warns that rushing into adoption without proper safeguards could backfire.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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When Flora opened the door, Dani rushed in and fell on Flora’s bunk, dramatically throwing the flyers everywhere.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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One of the newest is Hop Water by Allagash, a carbonated drink made with hops and orange peel.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Plus, these squads put a fun one together just last week in Minnesota and Anthony Edwards vs. Ja Morant is top-shelf stuff, two energetic young bellwethers with big hops and a flair for the dramatic.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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But Herro has been the more efficient player, with advantages in shooting percentage (47.4 to 44.9) and three-point percentage (40.4 to 39.0) and turnovers (2.3 per game to Lillard’s 2.8).—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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There’s also no question that KC has the advantage at kicker, with Harrison Butker being the much more reliable option compared to someone who just missed a huge field goal against the Chiefs last season.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Nix played every snap in the game, but he was seen wincing in the fourth quarter after throwing a touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton and wore a wrap on the sideline for part of the game.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Eilish winced upon its impact, turning her head to show palpable disappointment.—
Caroline Thayer,
Fox News,
16 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Pope took a series of pictures with her phone, her hands shaking, and hurried back around the house and into her apartment.—
Ian Frisch,
Curbed,
9 Jan. 2025
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Wildfires raged across Southern California on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and prompting thousands of evacuations as blazes closed in on Los Angeles neighborhoods like the Pacific Palisades and residents hurried to escape.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Amara, a nurse who lives in nearby Valencia, said she’s been on edge for weeks as major blazes devastated Southern California.—
Marcio Jose Sanchez,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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During Vrabel’s early days in Tennessee, players would walk into team meetings on edge.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jump. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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