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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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If so, this quite a leap of faith.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

My encouragement is that we kind of go out there and take a leap of faith and support the program and let that momentum build into what he’s going to do.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Writing this email and, hopefully, having your brother attend a therapy or mediation together is the first, giant leap of faith to healing your relationship.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

It was a leap of faith, to be sure, and the launch point for a personal tale of defiance, heartbreak and inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

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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