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in advance



ADJECTIVE
up front
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A 1951 defence pact, updated in 2004, already allows Washington to ramp up troop deployments and military installations on the island provided it informs Denmark and Greenland in advance.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Instead of waiting for a wound to struggle, a treatment might one day help prepare older skin in advance.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Putin's visit feels far more low-key, with little information released in advance.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

That’s the implication of a seminal study, entitled “Bubbles for Fama,” which challenges University of Chicago professor Eugene Fama’s famous claim that bubbles cannot be identified in advance.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

This meant that ordinary sentences and phrases had been given secret meanings, agreed upon in advance.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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