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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Justina Lee,lisa Kim, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Stay ahead of the midterms with our daily politics newsletter.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2026
The strange case of Scary Movie 5 arose during conversations with both Faris and Hall for Entertainment Weekly's Scary Movie cover, ahead of the film's June 5 premiere.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
Tiananmen Mothers issued an annual appeal for justice ahead of this year's anniversary.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
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“Ahead of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ahead%20of. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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