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leap

noun as in jump; increase

verb as in jump, jump over; increase

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Amira was seated watching a film when she saw a man in a white shirt leap out of his seat about five rows in front of her followed by screams of "knife, knife".

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"Our innovative technological approach sparked a huge leap in production capability. This new method solves a supply challenge and could now make this biomaterial much more broadly available."

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One rider said that when the train finally stopped, he leapt from a window and ran all the way home.

He went to second himself for the first out, then leapt and fired one last throw to first.

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That was a speculative leap on my part.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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