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Recent Examples of predate
This Vrabel-Russini drama predates COVID.
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Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
This fossil predates that entire era by tens of millions of years.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
The story was tidy and thrilling — a 300-million-year-old eight-armed creature that predated dinosaurs.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
The show doesn’t say, nor is it known if this idea predates the show.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
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Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
This fossil predates that entire era by tens of millions of years.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
The story was tidy and thrilling — a 300-million-year-old eight-armed creature that predated dinosaurs.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
The show doesn’t say, nor is it known if this idea predates the show.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predate
precede
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In the three years preceding Richard’s death, police were dispatched to the Hollis apartment more than 25 times.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Connecticut Mirror reviewed thousands of internal records from the nonprofit and interviewed seven former Blue Hills employees and contractors in an effort to understand the events that preceded its collapse.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Predate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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