date back
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The “long-standing agreements and planning assumptions ... date back more than a decade,” NV Energy said in a May 14 statement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The findings, published in Biology Letters, challenge ideas that date back to Charles Darwin.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Ties that date back centuries are under heavy strain from Iran’s bombardments during the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Many drivers have waited years for payouts, since DLAs were banned in 2021, and some agreements now date back almost 20 years.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Our present ideas about the motion of bodies date back to Galileo and Newton.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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