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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ahead of our ability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is beyond the current capacity or skill level of a person or group.
Example: "The project was ambitious, and we found ourselves working on tasks that were ahead of our ability."
Alternatives: "beyond our capability" or "surpassing our skills".
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"The technology got ahead of our ability to use it in responsible ways".
Surely, it will sometimes get ahead of our ability to understand it and regulate it in an appropriate way.
"A lot of major technology shifts tend to get out ahead of our ability to understand and apply them.
But before technology gets too far ahead of our ability to manage it as new technologies often do–let us try to anticipate some of the ethical land mines in advance.
During the past year, experience taught the Trust that "the ambitions of national and state leaders to get all of our students 'college and career ready' have raced far ahead of our ability to support the simultaneous transformation of multiple parts of the system".
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We can't get too far ahead of ourselves and must play to the best of our ability.
"It's well outside of our ability.
Challenges lie ahead for us to sustainably implement such actions without sufficient financial and human resources, but we are ready to work to the best of our abilities.
Rapid advances in genome sequencing technology are putting our ability to view data far ahead of our comprehension of such data.
But we were ahead of our time".
Our actions are ahead of our discourse.
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