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I like it when incumbents are operating on outdated systems because that creates a substantial opportunity to leapfrog competitors with modern integrated technology.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

“All these HFT firms…are trying to leapfrog each other by becoming faster and faster,” Gerko said in a 2019 discussion with students, a video of which was viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Another leapfrog jump and he sat atop the nine-foot log.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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

Jacks played his two Tests in 2022 and leapfrogs Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson and Jack Leach to provide cover for Shoaib Bashir.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

The increase leapfrogs the Fed's 75 basis points increase last month for the largest since central banks began responding to inflation in force earlier this year.

From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022

Karla: Your question leapfrogs over a more important question: Should you send that email at all?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022

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

With a 1-0 loss in San Diego Monday, the Padres leapfrogged the Dodgers for the lead in the NL West.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

What bothered her even more, however, was that William had leapfrogged her when it came to ability, too.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

At least one team that kept leapfrogging us didn’t reach their Atlantic goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

“We are moving literally at the speed of light. Our one-year cadence is about us leapfrogging ourselves,” he said, noting Nvidia’s next AI server called Vera Rubin is slated for next year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

From established chains to mom-and-pop stores and chic restaurants that challenge tired stereotypes, they have all been taking off here before leapfrogging further afield, to elsewhere in South East Asia and then across the world.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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