ahead of time
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"You have to make several guesstimates ahead of time - where to stand, where the car might emerge, which side they'll be on," Harrison says.
From BBC
“She loves as much spontaneity as possible, and she loves to not really know ahead of time what the actor’s going to do,” Woodall says.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s good that you’re asking about this ahead of time, because you need to make some moves now with Medicare so you don’t end up paying more down the road.
From MarketWatch
In another unusual move, the presidential administration -- which never publishes Rakhmon's schedule ahead of time -- announced that he would take part in "numerous events ... in the coming days."
From Barron's
I went out way ahead of time so I didn’t have to talk with Mama and Daddy, so I didn’t have to hear anything even closely resembling, “It will be all right.”
From Literature
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