leapfrog

That means a willingness to master new skills and leapfrog colleagues who have more experience—for instance, by taking a weekend to figure out how to use new vibe-coding tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

"The industry has to innovate and leapfrog, and not just copy and paste China," he said.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

I like it when incumbents are operating on outdated systems because that creates a substantial opportunity to leapfrog competitors with modern integrated technology.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Meanwhile, City beat Burnley 1-0 on Wednesday to leapfrog Arsenal into top spot in the table, the first time City have been at the summit since the opening weekend.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

The twins ran ahead to play leapfrog with the other kids while Naomi helped Muff with her boys.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

It is Korda's second Chevron title in three seasons and ensures she leapfrogs Jeeno Thitikul in the rankings, after the Thai missed the cut.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Intent on ensuring that China leapfrogs the U.S. as the world’s pre-eminent power, Xi Jinping recently made the gutsy and perhaps counterintuitive decision to invest massively in an arena of American strength—basic research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

“Surrender” leapfrogs through Bono’s and U2’s improbable story in vignettes that zigzag between poetic and prosaic, devout and skeptical, privileged and conscientious, mystical and political.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

As Patterson leapfrogs back and forth through time and among his various possible existences, he gradually comes to understand “how his behavior influences and shapes others’ lives even after he was long gone from them.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

But Tom was most astonished to see how he fired himself off—snap! like the leapfrogs which you make out of a goose's breastbone.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

But Ms. Raman leapfrogged Mr. Pratt on Sunday after tens of thousands of additional ballots were counted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Anthropic has leapfrogged ahead of rival artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, filing its confidential paperwork for an initial public offering.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

From there, we leapfrogged to Venice, then Marina del Rey and finally to Mar Vista, where we bought our second home and planted ourselves like people who understood picket fences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Sunderland's victory means they leapfrogged Newcastle in the table, with the Magpies dropping to 12th.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

I crawled, dragged myself, weakly leapfrogged to the tree.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

When Venus and Serena were leapfrogging each other early in their careers, often clashing in Grand Slam finals across continents and surfaces, Serena insisted their competition existed in a supportive environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

As China’s population shrinks and ages, Beijing is betting on leapfrogging technological advance and innovation to boost productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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