postdate

Example Sentences

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Most fossils from the Frankincense family have, up until now, been recovered from rocks that postdate the asteroid impact.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

They had a mutual attraction, and mutually expressed it in their postdate interviews: Alex said Katie was “definitely very attractive” while she said she “definitely thought he was handsome.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022

It’s not illegal to postdate a check if your intention is to make sure that you have enough funds in your account to cover the amount owed.

From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 21, 2018

“The allegations of wrongdoing regarding campaign finance postdate Commissioner Peters’s involvement with the campaign,” according to a statement the department released on Wednesday.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2016

V. misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate†; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark