leap
verb (used without object)
to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump.
have leaped
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present perfectof leap.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Inspired by Liang’s nostalgic memories shopping at Gap in the `90s and 2000s , the collection features low-rise jeans, fuzzy coats and zip-up cropped jackets that look to have leaped out of a Y2K catalog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
The other common cold coronaviruses are also thought to have leaped from animals.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2024
Since Galileo’s time the physical sciences have leaped forward, explaining the workings of the tiniest quarks to the largest galaxy clusters.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 25, 2023
Mortgage rates have leaped well above 6 percent, and there are indications that the housing market is beginning to stumble.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
It was rebelling and would have leaped over the side of the mountain, to all our destruction, in its attempt to unseat me had I relaxed control for a single second.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
