How to Use ahead of in a Sentence

ahead of

preposition
  • She got ahead of me.
  • We have some hard work ahead of us.
  • The polls show that he is ahead of the other candidates.
  • They went on ahead of us and by now are several miles ahead of us.
  • 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.
  • That night, the vote count put Roth 30 votes ahead of Green.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Witt, 24, has many more good years of baseball ahead of him.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • We are shattered to lose him when so much life was ahead of him.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
  • As alliances are formed ahead of the second round, the vote could go both ways.
    — Katarina Hoije, Bloomberg.com, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Here’s what to know about his legal saga ahead of the hearing.
    — Maite Fernández Simon, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Paris is six hours ahead of Eastern time in the United States.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Montgomery had been out since he was scratched from the lineup ahead of a Feb. 27 game.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Santos can still change his mind ahead of the Sept. 9 trial.
    — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The group brought plenty of jokes with them ahead of the film’s July 2 release.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
  • She's got a busy fall ahead of her, with not one but three buzzy projects in the works for Lawrence to both produce and star in.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 July 2024
  • And ahead of the new year, Gomez also showed some love to a couple of other cast mates.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Deputies are urging these boaters ahead of time to be patient.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
  • And the top brands in other European leagues are also ahead of the game.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Now is the moment to shop ahead of beach season and snag some of the best swimsuits on Amazon.
    — Eunice Bruno, seventeen.com, 12 May 2023
  • Attendees went on their way singing, ahead of the final day of events.
    — Essence, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Trump also held a tele-rally for McGuire ahead of the election.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 June 2024
  • The minister says the scholar had a bright future ahead of her.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Do your best to prepare ahead of time and have a back-up plan to mitigate some of those nerves.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The renewal comes a day ahead of the show’s fifth season finale.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
  • Readers love to try and guess what’s coming next, so the author’s job is to stay one step ahead of them.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
  • The head coach offered his thoughts ahead of his team's game against the Mavericks in Dallas.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The camera needed to get ahead of them to grab frontal, more three-dimensional views of the chase.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
  • These days, most stylists require clients to send a deposit and come washed and blow dried ahead of the appointment.
    — Essence, 8 Apr. 2024
  • If your aim is fluency, the data patterning approach comes out ahead of the game.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

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