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

Melius analyst Ben Reitzes points out that large language models have a way of leapfrogging each other.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

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

“I read about it once. One of our own agents went rogue, and in order to confuse his trail he started leapfrogging through time.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin