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Their experiments suggest that the attraction to crystals may have deep evolutionary origins that predate modern humans.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Other buyers would say, however, that such issues long predate the current soccer bonanza.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

But economists argue the rupee's troubles predate the war and cannot be solved through austerity alone.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

However, a lot of these measures, including diversification of energy imports, a push towards electrification and tech self-sufficiency, predate Trump's second term, Mazur said.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

There are Mesopotamian inscriptions referring to Venus that predate the time when Velikovsky says Venus changed from a comet into a planet.’

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

But his wish list of non-woke repertory, which also included Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, draws on an attachment that predates his entry into national politics: Broadway musicals.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“In some cases, the improvement in demand predates the conflict, but recent geopolitical developments have reinforced the trend,” analysts wrote.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Jim Beam, which predates the Civil War and weathered Prohibition—and is now owned by Japan’s Suntory Holdings—is fighting through another downturn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

But according to oral tradition, the tree predates both.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Use of the word “upset” in this sense predates that race.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Jackson was not at Neverland during the raid that predated his charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The cocktail that broke the internet predated the release of his foray into food TV: “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.”

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

The markets on Khamenei had long predated the Feb. 28 strike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

They were a danger; Ethel wanted them gone, but they had been his father’s and predated their residence in the house so Martin figured they could deny ownership.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The play, which takes place in the period predating smartphones, offers a microcosm of American life, not unlike the Grover’s Corners of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” before our brains were all rewired.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Google is already the subject of several formal DMA probes, and was hit with a massive 2.95 billion euro fine in September 2025 in an EU competition case predating the digital law.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

On 13 March 2025, bulldozers demolished homes in Gishiri, an indigenous community predating the FCT.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

It lost $2 billion in 2001, with the vast majority of its problems predating the Sept. 11 attacks.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

Most importantly, alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages—the first permanent settlements in history, long predating the Agricultural Revolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari