date from
idiom
: 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.
Examples of date from in a Sentence
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Killers of the Flower Moon, costing $200 million, is arguably the biggest event film to date from a tech giant to be given a conventional theatrical release versus going relatively quickly to streaming.
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
Pick a date from a couple of years ago just for fun.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
Investigators have seized the objects, which date from the eighth century BCE through second century CE, from a private collector, an auction house, and museums in New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
The rampage also fell five years to the date from another Jacksonville shooting in which a gunman killed two people, before killing himself, at a video game tournament.
—NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
The next launch date from Florida's Cape Canaveral has not yet been identified.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Sep. 2023
On Thursday, ProPublica published a comprehensive report on Thomas’s undisclosed gifts to date from ultrawealthy business moguls.
—Paige Hagy, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
For each concert date from Aug. 3 to 9, there are roughly 80 to 110 people needed for wristband crew to hand out LED bracelets that light up in sync with Swift’s performance.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
But the in-between ones, say a glass office tower from the 1960s or 1970s, date from a less energy-conscious era.
—Curbed, 28 July 2023
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
Pick a date from a couple of years ago just for fun.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
Investigators have seized the objects, which date from the eighth century BCE through second century CE, from a private collector, an auction house, and museums in New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
The rampage also fell five years to the date from another Jacksonville shooting in which a gunman killed two people, before killing himself, at a video game tournament.
—NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
The next launch date from Florida's Cape Canaveral has not yet been identified.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Sep. 2023
On Thursday, ProPublica published a comprehensive report on Thomas’s undisclosed gifts to date from ultrawealthy business moguls.
—Paige Hagy, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
For each concert date from Aug. 3 to 9, there are roughly 80 to 110 people needed for wristband crew to hand out LED bracelets that light up in sync with Swift’s performance.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
But the in-between ones, say a glass office tower from the 1960s or 1970s, date from a less energy-conscious era.
—Curbed, 28 July 2023
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“Date from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20from. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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