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in advance of

ADJECTIVE
ahead of
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AFP shared CCDH's report with Meta but the spokesman said: "We cannot address the claims in this report as we were not provided it in advance of publication."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The survey of 1,913 registered voters — 1,351 of whom are considered likely voters — is the largest sample of any public poll released in advance of the election.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Consider this: Last week, New York Times columnist David French sat down with Gorsuch himself to interview him about the children’s book the justice has published in advance of America’s 250th birthday.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Perec was a member of Oulipo, an avant-garde circle of writers and mathematicians who believed that arbitrary rules imposed in advance of writing were the path to creative discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced with Europeans spread from tribe to tribe far in advance of the Europeans themselves, killing an estimated 95 percent of the pre-Columbian Native American population.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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