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predate

[pree-deyt] / ˈpriˈdeɪt /


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But many such laws predate modern prediction markets and haven’t necessarily been tested in court recently.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Their experiments suggest that the attraction to crystals may have deep evolutionary origins that predate modern humans.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

US reservations about the court predate the Trump.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Much of these findings predate the energy shock in 2022, and attribute the hit to uncertainty in the first years after Brexit.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

It is not impossible to imagine priority disputes without the printing press, but in fact there are no priority disputes that we know of which predate printing.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The name Ontario itself predates both the United States and Canada and has Indigenous origins.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

That fits a pattern which predates his spell in Germany.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

And as we get into subsequent episodes that we’re dealing with now, we see that Robby’s sense of loss predates Louie and his mentor, Adamson, and it goes back to almost an original sin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

In fact, the process far predates the modern primary and was long a staple of how parties chose candidates.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Use of the word “upset” in this sense predates that race.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The company is also staring down lawsuits from people and school districts that predated the settlement and are set to go to trial soon, the Times reports.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

Hickman, now owned by meatpacking giant JBS and Brazilian egg supplier Mantiqueira, said the alleged conduct predated their late-2025 acquisition of the company, but that the settlement resolves all allegations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

The cocktail that broke the internet predated the release of his foray into food TV: “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.”

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

In an interview, Rose-Perfito, 29, argued that the speed running trend predated the dare post and rejected the legal threat from Scientology.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

I had a secret obsession with them that predated my days at Lynbrook.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

These ancient sea creatures have lived in the oceans for more than 500 million years, predating dinosaurs and trees.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

But there is also a shift predating the AI boom that has quietly persisted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Google is already the subject of several formal DMA probes, and was hit with a massive 2.95 billion euro fine in September 2025 in an EU competition case predating the digital law.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

It lost $2 billion in 2001, with the vast majority of its problems predating the Sept. 11 attacks.

From Slate Nov. 24, 2025

In Portugal, a survey was made of 400 skeletons from the period immediately predating the Agricultural Revolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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