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Example sentences for: leap

How can you use “leap” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

no . Online music something MP3.com went public to much anticipation Wednesday, and saw its shares leap from $28 to $105 in a matter of minutes.
Yesterday, the NYT led with a special report alleging that the Chinese made a leap in their nuclear capability using secrets stolen from Los Alamos and that the White House attempted to sweep the issue under the rug to avoid disturbing its "strategic partnership" with China.
For the most part, DOD programs try to achieve the same leap in performance but in just one step, contributing to development times that can take over 15 years to deliver a new capability to the military user.
Each company had a plan for eventually achieving a quantum leap in the performance of its products and had established an orderly, phased process for getting there, by undertaking continuous product improvements as resources became available.
Despite the cultural leap that being an airplane passenger requires--as an American, I have, after all, spent nearly four decades constructing an elaborate illusion of how I control my life--I continue to fly.