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China’s renewed tightening of export controls is “a quantum leap in severity and coverage of such controls,” the economist says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

It’s a luxury, a quantum leap, one that can save your imagination from a propensity to meek fatalism or received social patterns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

In elite distance running, that’s not a marginal gain, it’s a quantum leap.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2025

"The fact is, we need a quantum leap in our collective defence," Rutte said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025

Nothing in between is allowed, so to get from 30 to 40 miles an hour, you have to make a quantum leap.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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