jump
Example Sentences
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The surcharges on international routes don’t compensate for the jump in jet-fuel prices, and the company continues to absorb a significant share of the increased cost, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The union also wants to push the annual salary of a starting teacher from $68,695 to $77,670, a 13% jump.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
But once he made the jump to Ann Arbor, he knew that he was no longer in Cinderella country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The consensus call is for a 3.4% jump from a year earlier, one percentage point more than in February.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
I wondered if she was going to be able to keep it together for this jump.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
