vaulting

verb

Definition of vaultingnext
present participle of vault
as in leaping
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air vaulted over the obstacle with ease

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Recent Examples of vaulting The victory improved the Wave to 8-4-1 this season, vaulting them back into first place in the league standings. — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026 None of the Rockets’ young players showed immediate signs of vaulting into the league’s upper echelon. — Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026 On her final attempt, Gu stomped a left double-cork 1260 with a toxic grab, vaulting from sixth place into silver-medal position. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026 But despite vaulting her toward an Emmy nomination in 2020, the visibility of a major network TV show didn’t come with a clean, cinematic sense of arrival. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 The move follows Anthropic’s filing of confidential paperwork for an initial public offering, vaulting the startup ahead of AI rival OpenAI. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 June 2026 One such domino fell Monday, when former Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic committed to Kentucky — immediately vaulting the Wildcats into the Top 25. — Cj Moore june 2, New York Times, 2 June 2026 The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, is vaulting into the midterms with a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts after a series of setbacks in recent years. — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, is vaulting into the midterms with a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in Georgia and other battleground states after a series of setbacks in recent years. — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaulting
  1. leaping
  2. jumping
  3. hopping
Verb
  • Then, two batters later, reliever Kyle Hurt threw a four-seam fastball down the middle of the plate, and Machado rocketed the pitch to the center field wall beyond the grasp of a leaping Pages.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Definition of leaping
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  • One of my earliest moviegoing memories is nearly jumping out of my seat at the sight of Doctor Octopus.
    — Brayden Garcia July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • Wednesday, a witness called 911 to report somebody jumping off the bridge, Knox said.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
Definition of jumping
Verb
  • Biking Barefoot There’s hardly anything more quintessentially Southern than hopping on a bike barefoot—and probably in a wet swimsuit as well—in the summertime to pedal down the street to a friend's house, neighborhood pool, or the shoreline.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • These stands are also designed and engineered in the US, so hopping on this deal feels appropriate for this upcoming Independence Day weekend.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of hopping

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“Vaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaulting. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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