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

But the warning signs for Labour date back further.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

These remains date back to the Middle Eocene period, roughly 47 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Even gold wedding bands date back to the ancient world, Gordon says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Still, from what we can tell, everyone, rich or poor, liked to flavor their food with spices—a taste that may well date back to Roman times.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson