- present participle of leapfrog.
leapfrogging
Example Sentences
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First, the court agreed to issue its final judgment in Callais quickly, leapfrogging over the normal period when parties could seek Supreme Court rehearing.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
“Amazon is effectively solving its FCC deadline problem by acquiring a functioning satellite operator while also leapfrogging into direct-to-device connectivity, a market SpaceX’s Starlink has been targeting,” Wedbush analyst Michael Piccolo wrote Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
At least one team that kept leapfrogging us didn’t reach their Atlantic goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
Indeed, the main factor in California’s leapfrogging over Japan was the decline in the yen’s value against the dollar, an artifact of the Bank of Japan’s decision to maintain low, even negative interest rates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
But by leapfrogging the United States into space, the Russians had turned even local racial policy into fodder for the international conflict.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
