The phrase "ahead of existing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a position or status that is more advanced or prioritized compared to what currently exists.
Example: "Our new product is designed to be ahead of existing technologies in terms of efficiency and sustainability."
Alternatives: "in front of current" or "beyond existing".
The chart makes clear the extent to which YouTubers and MCNs are reaching large audiences on YouTube ahead of existing games media companies.
Questions and complexities may also arise where technologies advance ahead of existing laws and policies, where legal norms are established but not yet implemented, or where legal rights are defined but clear technical implementations are not yet established.
To shore up liquidity and confidence further, a consortium of big banks would have been asked to provide a voluntary, multi-billion-dollar funding facility for Lehman, ranking ahead of existing senior debt.
The country's Ministry of Health put out a statement declaring that previous legislation – almost identical to the UK's current laws – had proven "ineffective", as new drugs "can be synthesised to be one step ahead of existing controls".
In any case, on Wednesday Boeing said that its current version of the 737, the 737NG, was already a step ahead of existing A320s in fuel efficiency, having achieved a 5 percent gain in fuel efficiency since it was first introduced in 1996.
This could involve a social benefit duty, forcing banks to prove that any debt created contributes to a better future for us all – lending to new businesses; lending for skills; lending for new houses ahead of existing ones and such like.
He would permit work to go ahead on existing lines of stem cells -- Mr. Bush says there are 60 lines, while others say there may be as few as a dozen usable ones.
The US, Japan and South Korea say they'll seek UN security council action if the launch goes ahead in defiance of existing resolutions.
Two weeks after the launch of Europe's single currency, pressure is mounting for euro notes and coins to be introduced ahead of the existing deadline of January 1 , 2002
Real world achievements are actually running ahead of the existing targets: the EU is already within 2% of its 2020 target of a 20% carbon cut.
Beijing and 10 other Chinese cities will agree to peak greenhouse gas emissions as early as 2020 – a decade ahead of the existing target for the world's biggest emitter, under a deal to be unveiled at a summit in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
