antedate

Example Sentences

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The thought that a 17-game regular season was too long will someday seem as quaint and antedated as the Christmas Eve playoff matchups of the mid-1970s.

From New York Times

This selection, which includes several cartoons that antedate the age of Trump, showcases several modes.

From Washington Post

Hardly a day goes by on ADS-L, the email discussion list of the American Dialect Society, without someone reporting an antedating of some word or another.

From Time

When Selig became acting commissioner in 1992, baseball still had an economic model that antedated television, radio, flight and the internal combustion engine.

From Washington Post

These stones antedate even the long-ago, medieval world in which this “Macbeth” is set.

From New York Times