date back

idiom

: to have come into being (a number of years ago)
a custom that dates back 400 years

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Studying Latin taught me that contemporary anxieties about manliness and cosmopolitanism date back thousands of years. Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 Penalties for some zoning violations date back to 1988 and costs for building permits were last updated in 2010. Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025 The operation has origins that date back to the 1800s and has survived decades of trade globalization to hang on as the last North American commercial manufacturer of traditional wooden hockey sticks. Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 Kidman has a long history of collaborations with Chanel that date back over two decades. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for date back

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“Date back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20back. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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