Ahead
Ahead adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
In time and ahead are semantically related. in in the future topic. In some cases you can use "In time" instead an adverb "Ahead".
In time
In time adverb - Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Tropes in Time Streams: Adaptive Ability: This, coupled with the facts that he lives in a fast-time bubble, is how Kerrick manages to stay several steps ahead of Urza.
Source: Literature / Time Streams - It will be permanently ahead or behind you in time, and is absolutely unreachable until you use your fancy gadgets to summon it back.
Source: Just One Second Out of Sync - The Al-Can highway used to have way stations that radioed ahead when you passed - if you didn't arrive in time, the next way-station would go out and look for you to prove you weren't dead.
Source: The Radio Dies First
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In time and Ahead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/in_time
Ahead & In time. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/in_time>.
In time or Ahead. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/in_time.
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