How to Use quantum leap in a Sentence

quantum leap

noun
  • The new drug is a quantum leap in the fight against cancer.
  • Prices have taken a quantum leap upward.
  • And then comes your quantum leap.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The day quantum comes, there will be a quantum leap in cyber threats.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 12 June 2024
  • But the step up to high school varsity, that’s a quantum leap.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The tool was a quantum leap forward in what short-form video could do with basic text prompts.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Chess on grass The change in tack since 2019 is a quantum leap.
    — Phil Hay, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
  • Either way, the findings could be a quantum leap for quantum physics.
    — Ramin Skibba, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020
  • At the time, South African road running was in the midst of a quantum leap.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The quantum leap came with the arrival of the railroad in 1871.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Feb. 2024
  • An elegant player, equal parts skill and force, who has made a quantum leap in his career over the past few years.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Reeves also sees a player, entering her sixth season, ready to take a quantum leap.
    — Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
  • However, getting the job done within the next decade will require a quantum leap.
    — Michael Liedtke, ajc, 22 July 2021
  • In many regards, Henton helped pave the way for multiple quantum leaps for the college.
    — Sarah Cook, al, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Plans for the next quantum leap in Apple Silicon have already leaked.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Going to Hickory is still a promotion, just not a quantum leap.
    — Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • By making a kind of high-speed movie of a quantum leap, the work reveals that the process is as gradual as the melting of a snowman in the sun.
    — Philip Ball, WIRED, 9 June 2019
  • Playoff expansion is undeniably a quantum leap forward for the sport, but the process needs tweaks.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Like the incremental gameplay changes, the visuals, too, fail to be a quantum leap forward.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2022
  • What’s more, Wills is making the quantum leap from right tackle at Alabama to left tackle in the pros.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The quantum leap in cryptography is upon us, and those who prepare now will be best positioned to thrive in the post-quantum world.
    — Anand Kashyap, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Woods, who limped noticeably, was quick to note such baby steps are nothing compared with the quantum leap needed to play a Tour event.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The 26-year-old rap star is preparing to cement her quantum leap to stardom with her debut album later this year.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This type of gaming has made a quantum leap in recent years as thousands of fans pack arenas, or even stadiums, to watch the virtual action.
    — Michael Shapiro, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2018
  • As a Yang Earth sign, the Dog has the patience to take it one small step at a time, but quantum leaps are also possible!
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Embracing the freedom to retreat facilitates a quantum leap while the sun meets Uranus.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Real-world numbers suggest the hybrid doesn’t offer a quantum leap in fuel economy.
    — New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
  • In comparison to these early flights, the DC-3 was a quantum leap forward.
    — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
  • All eyes will be on the quarterback rotation as UF makes a quantum leap in competition.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • That such a quantum leap in performance was offered by such a thoroughly civilised motorcycle speaks volumes for what came before it.
    — Mike Hanlon january 16, New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2026

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