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in advance of sth/sb

formal

Definition

before something or someone: She arrived in advance of everyone else.Before, after and alreadyAfter and behind
(Definition of in advance of sth/sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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