in advance
Example Sentences
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Booking more than eight months in advance — a mistake many travellers make — or waiting until too close to departure can both result in higher prices.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
These young men spent weeks, even months, planning in advance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
It is a fair assumption they had bought their tickets long in advance - largely because they assumed four-time champion Iga Swiatek, and not Chwalinska, would be competing.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It "was planned long in advance" and created ongoing suffering among victims and their families that is "simply indescribable," prosecutor Matthias Boettcher told the court.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
For hours one of us hauled while the other guided, mincing along like a cat on eggshells, sounding every step in advance with the stick.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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