predate
Example Sentences
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But economists argue the rupee's troubles predate the war and cannot be solved through austerity alone.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Hispanic communities along Route 66 in New Mexico predate the highway by centuries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
However, a lot of these measures, including diversification of energy imports, a push towards electrification and tech self-sufficiency, predate Trump's second term, Mazur said.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Those numbers, too, will predate the Iran conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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
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