How to Use ahead of one's/its time in a Sentence

ahead of one's/its time

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  • In many ways, Moulin Rouge!, which came out 20 years ago today, was ahead of its time.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 May 2021
  • To watch that scene in 2023 is to encounter a pop-culture moment that feels both trapped in and ahead of its time.
    Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 4 May 2023
  • Her idea to develop healthy snacks that were sugar-, flour- and dairy-free was ahead of its time in 2015, Raiola said.
    Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The common thread between these failures, at least how they’re spun, is that Dyson was too ahead of its time.
    Alexis Ong, The Verge, 23 May 2023
  • Sober himself for going on 10 years, he was inspired to launch The Mocktail Project a bit ahead of its time.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The storyline with her mental health struggles was a bit ahead of its time.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The gradient color, a feature of the original dial, was ahead of its time, as was the 14-sided bezel.
    Carol Besler, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • No movie is ahead of its time, only ahead of popular acceptance.
    Armond White, National Review, 7 July 2021
  • Like the days that came immediately before it, Saturday was ahead of its time in its warmth.
    Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2021
  • On top of being ahead of its time, the sketch comedy show was home to plenty of recognizable faces and even a few future A-listers!
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Babies Hospital, where Dorothy Andersen worked, was well ahead of its time.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Not a single unit of the device was ever sold, but the concept was ahead of its time and, perhaps, foreshadowed some of the goofier products on the market today.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 5 May 2023
  • Valve Half-Life is a legendary game, a title that was ahead of its time in its storytelling, mechanics, and technology.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The team also notes that this technology may be a bit ahead of its time, as the infrastructure needed to produce enough doses to sterilize millions of cats with gene therapy has yet to be built.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 June 2023
  • Each brought something unique and ahead of its time, all presented with Lynch’s distinctive sensibility.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the reality is that amateur radio, full of cutting-edge technology and involving a high level of expertise, has always been ahead of its time.
    Chase Brush, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The reality is that amateur radio, full of cutting-edge technology and involving a high level of expertise, has always been ahead of its time.
    Chase Brush, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The recursive adultery plot feels like a joke about the expectations placed on the complex, theory-heavy systems novel, which critics so often perceive as predictive, ahead of its time, or godlike in its memory of things past.
    Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The material itself is plenty discomforting on its own—and rather ahead of its time in its notions about overdue reckoning and accountability.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023
  • As with Green’s 2001 American enthusiasm, Patriot Academy arrived ahead of its time.
    Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2023
  • This 1911 novel is both a product of its historical moment and, in its intuitive psychological understanding of human development, ahead of its time.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023

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