predate
Example Sentences
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In recent data that predate the war, the economy’s fundamentals have remained solid, with moderate unemployment, slightly elevated inflation and modest economic growth to end last year.
Among those selected was Fulton's Grand Orrery, a working model of the solar system which predates the museum itself.
From BBC
That approach predates the recent investor anxiety around software.
In a video posted to social media platform X, Edwards said the photo "predates when I even started working in politics".
From BBC
The author emphasizes that by the 1950s, approximately 90% of Cuba’s mines were owned by U.S. companies, demonstrating a longstanding pattern of American economic domination that predated the rise of Fidel Castro and communism.
From Los Angeles Times
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