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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According to People magazine, Baldoni also didn't introduce the film ahead of the screening with Lively and Hoover, despite being the director and a star of the film. —

Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024 People in East Tennessee have already started seen some snow ahead of the first day of winter, but the mountains might be one of the few places in Tennessee to see snow this winter. —

Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 21 Dec. 2024 On Friday in Riyadh, Fury weighed in at a whopping 281 pounds ahead of his rematch on Saturday against WBA, WBO, and WBC heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. —

Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 Our recommendation is to get ahead of this narrative, owning any misconceptions and addressing them head on. —

Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ahead of