Ahead
Ahead adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Late
Late adverb - After the due, usual, or proper time.
Both words in one sentence
- They don't make it, but McGee calls ahead with an explanation and arranges for the man to stay a few minutes late.
Source: Wedding Deadline -
Gender politics began to seriously change throughout the decade in ways that suggested the feminist movement of the late 1960's had been ahead of its time.
Source: Useful Notes / The '90s -
Wakeford tells his students that he was late because his iPad was stolen, the entire classroom breaks out into uproarious laughter, with one student pointing at him, while Robbie stares straight ahead, deadpan.
Source: Comic Book / All-New Ghost Rider
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