1
as in earlier
so as to precede something in order of time
call ahead for reservations
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2
as in early
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Recent Examples of ahead
Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Both Garcia-Roves and Tundidor are running for mayor in the upcoming November election, turning the budget debate into a preview of the political battle ahead.
—Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
News about the reality dating show journey waiting ahead for Paul.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast, saw more rate reductions ahead.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The shop drew crowds during First Fridays with an open bar and free CBD samples — a sales tactic Sanders would repeat with other products in the years ahead.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Both Garcia-Roves and Tundidor are running for mayor in the upcoming November election, turning the budget debate into a preview of the political battle ahead.
—Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
News about the reality dating show journey waiting ahead for Paul.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast, saw more rate reductions ahead.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ahead
Adverb
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But since that meeting, during which allies expressed optimism of a path forward on security guarantees, no progress has materialized.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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That could mean fewer H-2A investigations moving forward.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The group market capitalization was $156 billion early Friday, as against $235 billion on the eve of Hindenburg’s report in January 2023.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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King and Conqueror’s characters also suffer from an acute case of early 21st-century-itis.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Hispanic population in the United States has grown rapidly in recent decades, and more Hispanic students are attending college than ever before.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Russia is firing double the number of missile strikes from years before, with mounting civilian casualties.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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From the ninth century onward, Venice was one of the world’s great merchant trade cities.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Halfway through their hike, Vengrinovich’s friend decided to return to base camp while Vengrinovich and the rest of the group proceeded onward.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Red Robin Those who sign up for the Red Robin Royalty Program, opt in for promotional texting and earn at least 10 points in the prior year can get a free burger on their birthday.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
17 Sep. 2025
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The researchers believe this error was not from its knowledge base but was an improvised guess based on their prior conversation about the square’s diagonal.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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With the deployment of models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT models, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, DeepSeek’s R and V series models, Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI and countless others, the vast majority of AI processing across the industry is already inference processing.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Miran has already uttered the unthinkable about dollar dominance and done the unthinkable by serving as an executive branch loyalist on the Fed board.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That was Kevyn Adams’ main focus in the offseason, adding Michael Kesselring and Conor Timmins on the blue line and defensively sound forwards Josh Doan and Justin Danforth.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Including Collin Graf, the Sharks already have 13 forwards who are projected to be on the NHL roster this year.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers selected for these genetic alterations because some previous research has shown that aspirin intervention has had a positive impact on suppressing tumor growth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Sep. 2025
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Heading into spring break this year, airlines were flying fewer seats than in the previous spring, and the downward trend continues.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Ahead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ahead. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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