ahead of

preposition

: in front or advance of

: in excess of

Examples of ahead of in a Sentence

She got ahead of me. They went on ahead of us and by now are several miles ahead of us. We have some hard work ahead of us. The polls show that he is ahead of the other candidates. The company is working hard to stay one step ahead of the competition. They were trailing us by 5 points earlier in the game, but now they're ahead of us by 7.

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Due to the second bomb being located ahead of the explosion, however, the area was cleared ahead of time. —

Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024 Autodesk reported earnings and revenues that beat analyst expectations and also issued an upbeat forecast ahead of estimates. —

Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Join 2 others in the comments View Comments The launch of Ikea’s pop-up shop on London’s Oxford Street Thursday will come ahead of the opening of a permanent store on the iconic retail strip in spring next year. —

Hanna Ziady, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024 The announcement comes ahead of a run of arena dates in the U.K. this week, kicking off in Manchester this evening (Nov. 27) before heading to London, Glasgow and Birmingham. —

Thomas Smith, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ahead of