date back
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Two separate press-shy families have controlled the domaine through a partnership since 1942, although some of its vineyards date back to the 1200s, or even earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Video game adaptations of films date back as far as the late 1970s.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Fossils of stromatolites date back at least 3.5 billion years.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The recent charges against Castro date back to an incident 30 years ago.
From BBC • May 22, 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
