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leap of faith

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  1. A belief or trust in something intangible or incapable of being proved. For example, It required a leap of faith to pursue this unusual step of transplanting an animals' heart into a human patient.


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Trusting an AI agent to go out and perform tasks is a leap of faith, and in some instances, it has led to mass email deletions, vanishing code and other mishaps.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

And so I took a leap of faith.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Many Americans cannot afford to take that leap of faith.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

He describes opening up as taking "a leap of faith" and says he's "very proud of moments in my life where I have taken that leap".

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

To believe that the eye had evolved from tiny changes over many years was, to Emma, to make a leap of faith.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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