How to Use look ahead in a Sentence

look ahead

phrasal verb
  • These stunning looks ahead need to be talked about in detail.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The leather planner offers month and day-at-a-view pages for looking ahead.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Here are takeaways from the spring sales — and a periscope look ahead at the biggest trends emerging in the art market.
    Zachary Small, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • The festival is the perfect farewell to summer, and a great way to look ahead to the spring planting season.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In her acceptance video, Minaj looked ahead to her next big project.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2023
  • So grab a pen and paper and prepare to take notes on Beckham’s most notable looks ahead.
    Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But back then, music was something of an afterthought for the rapper when asked to look ahead to the future.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Latham foregoed the team’s 24-hour rule of celebrating wins and looked ahead.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Ski season may be winding down, but the Ikon Pass is already looking ahead to next season with its lowest price and a host of new perks.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • That’s hardly the reassurance that the Party craves looking ahead to 2024.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The primaries are over, and Cincinnati-area voters can now look ahead to November's drama.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • While the first performance is this evening, MacKnight is already looking ahead.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Schultz is looking ahead to the next part of his career, which could look very similar to the previous part, just minus his mother.
    Thomas Gounley, The Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Amid signs of that Pacific warm current starting to build anew, climatologists looked ahead to next year as the time when all hell might break loose.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Building on the surging wave of support, All Classical Radio is looking ahead with big plans.
    James Bash | , oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Each look ahead can speak to every way of luxuriating under the summer sun, and at every size.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023
  • Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets, as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Quinn recommends looking ahead to make sure workouts fit your schedule.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2023
  • While she's had several other looks ahead of the fall festival — including a bubblegum pink, auburn red and jet black — the singer first debuted the fiery red look at the 2023 Grammys.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Reese Witherspoon is looking ahead following her split from Jim Toth.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The singer, who has steadfastly looked ahead for most of his post-Talking Heads career, reflected on the film as its 40 th anniversary approaches.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The jacket, which is much shorter than the traditional white coat worn by doctors, celebrates the work required to get into medical school and looks ahead to the years of learning still to come.
    Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 19 June 2023
  • Confidence: Medium-High A look ahead Thursday features another burst of warmer winds with highs surging well into the 70s.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Sophomore wide receiver Jay Fair, who has been the most productive receiver on the Tigers’ roster, says that’s the offense’s focus looking ahead.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • And that’s because Missy has always been a futurist, someone who is always looking ahead.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Mayer: Together, Vera and Gordon took the approach of looking ahead – towards the areas where the disease was going to spread next, and treated those areas.
    Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The email offered few other details as Norman reflected on the organization’s growth and looked ahead to its future.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
  • Also, a look ahead to the fourth Republican primary debate, on Wednesday.
    Mike Pappano, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Walker: The Seahawks look like a playoff team, and this could be a letdown week for the Ravens, recovering from several long trips and looking ahead to a pair of vital divisional games.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023

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