leapfrog

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Recent Examples of leapfrog These organizations need to leapfrog by adopting lighthouse approaches – targeting specific areas of the business where quick wins can demonstrate the value of digital. Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 The Mountaineering Club used only their own backs, which called for several trips each of heavy loads to leapfrog all their gear forward. Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025 Then, amid rising public concern that an Ebola outbreak in Africa could leapfrog to the US, Elon Musk took his chainsaw to the most prominent US experts on the disease. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025 This will enable them to leapfrog digital-first sectors in emerging technology adoption. David Joosten, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leapfrog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrog
Verb
  • At the same time, respondents’ expectation for inflation a year from now leaped to 6.7%, the highest level since November 1981 and up from 5% in March.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Former minor-league teammate Andy Pages made a leaping grab near the 395-foot mark in center field to rob Busch of a grand slam.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Most of these are fine goals, and some (such as finally terminating the university’s efforts to evade a Supreme Court–ordered end to its use of race discrimination in admissions) ought to be uncontroversial.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Security scrutinized: Suspect eluded officers protecting Shapiro Balmer started fires while troopers searched Troopers were able to safely evacuate Shapiro's family and others in the mansion, but the fire raises the question of how Balmer was able to evade security.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Shark is hosting an epic sale with discounts across its most popular models, and these deals up to 51% off are too good to skip.
    Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But there are instances when patients may be able to skip the test or opt for a method that doesn’t expose them to radiation, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound.
    Jamie Ducharme, Health, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Get to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The report also notes that saving intentions for middle-income Americans jumped by 2.4 points in April while their intent to use debt fell 2.5 points.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The folks at Hugging Face, the open-source artificial intelligence gurus, just jumped into the world of robotics by acquiring Pollen Robotics.
    Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
  • No one was harmed during the incident, and the suspect escaped.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The area is bounded by Interstate 30 to the north, Cherry Lane to the west, Camp Bowie West Boulevard to the south, and West Loop 820 to the west.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Musk bounded down the steps of Air Force One behind Trump in Miami, carrying his 4-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii, on his shoulders.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fedotov had some decent games from time to time, but consistency eluded him.
    Scott Powers, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • But a cinematic homecoming that has eluded him over his career.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrog. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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