leaps and bounds
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The NFL is all in on promoting flag football, which makes the Rams-sponsored Girls’ Jamboree on Saturday in Carson another opportunity to show off a sport growing by leaps and bounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Researchers' mathematical understanding of origami-like structures has come on leaps and bounds in recent decades, he notes, and there are now multiple start-up companies and university spin-outs seeking to develop origami- and kirigami-inspired products.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
“Industry” is leaps and bounds ahead because it refuses to define anyone strictly by their sexuality.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
I’m seeing it growing by leaps and bounds on the right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
It wasn’t just that it was growing by leaps and bounds.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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