date from
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: to have been made in or to have come into being in (a certain time in the past)
This bowl dates from the sixth century.
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The videos at issue date from the 2020 to 2022 period, according to the FTC complaint filed by the Justice Department.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Believed to date from the 1130s, Urnes is the oldest surviving stave church in Norway and one of just 28 still standing.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Ruth is arranged in a series of almost-irreverent vignettes, which date from Ruth’s early childhood in the 1960s through her middle age.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
The resulting mediation agreement includes a delay in when the reservoir could be active, pushing the start date from 2060 — as outlined in a draft water plan for 2026 — to 2070.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Believed to date from the 1130s, Urnes is the oldest surviving stave church in Norway and one of just 28 still standing.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Ruth is arranged in a series of almost-irreverent vignettes, which date from Ruth’s early childhood in the 1960s through her middle age.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
The resulting mediation agreement includes a delay in when the reservoir could be active, pushing the start date from 2060 — as outlined in a draft water plan for 2026 — to 2070.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Date from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20from. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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