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carbon-date

[kahr-buhn-deyt] / ˈkɑr bənˌdeɪt /


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I don’t personally think that you need to carbon-date every incident, or that everything needs to be shoved in an evidence bag and waved in the other person’s face.

From Seattle Times Jun. 10, 2022

A small amount of carbon-14 was also added so future scientists would be able to carbon-date the package from the past.

From Salon May 28, 2022

When did the modern four-day reality Punch & Judy big-ticket hearing really start, in your view, or, you can’t carbon-date it like that?

From Slate Apr. 5, 2017

I’ve noticed that some of the most devoted readers tend to carbon-date themselves by editor.

From The Guardian May 29, 2015

Specific references instantly carbon-date those films, rendering them ever more unintelligible to future viewers.

From The Guardian Jun. 30, 2010

Each one, now, serves as a kind of time capsule, a carbon-dated relic from a specific period, capturing in amber each stage of our understanding of what, precisely, soccer has become.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2022

A more precise dating technique would involving taking soil samples and taking them to a laboratory to have them carbon-dated.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2021

Yolo belonged to the others, the younger people; it carbon-dated me and I was envious.

From The Guardian Jan. 20, 2017

It's the oldest identified swastika pattern in the world and has been radio carbon-dated to an astonishing 15,000 years ago.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2014

Stone tools, which many archaeologists regard as the most important artifacts, have no organic carbon and therefore cannot be carbon-dated.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He and Dr Burns, along with their colleagues, verified the ages of the tracks by carbon-dating seeds extracted from cores of this ancient, compressed mud.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2022

Scientists plan to conduct DNA and carbon-dating tests.

From Science Magazine Apr. 20, 2022

Using a technique called carbon-dating, the researchers discovered that fragments of dead animals they collected were up to 5,800 years old.

From The Verge Dec. 29, 2021

They are usually the ones called in to authenticate — or more often, debunk — artifacts, usually with the help of carbon-dating and infrared imaging.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2021

By carbon-dating some of Shady’s material, they helped establish that the Peruvians had uncovered the oldest known city in the Americas.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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