ahead of its time
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His style of play across a 10-year international career was ahead of its time, much more in keeping with the batting now commonplace in modern white-ball cricket.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Caicedo’s raw, colloquial style was ahead of its time, a herald of the rebellion against magical realism that would transform Latin American literature and shoot writers like Roberto Bolaño to fame two decades later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This brainchild of a mathematics professor had only one flaw: it was way ahead of its time.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
And for Ingrid Michaelson, the spot was ahead of its time in championing female artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
After two years, a typical laptop would have been out of date, but Annabeth figured Daedalus’s machine was still about fifty years ahead of its time.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
