date back
idiom
: to have come into being (a number of years ago)
a custom that dates back 400 years
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The majority of the properties date back to the 19th century, when the area was developed as a fashionable enclave for wealthy Americans seeking refuge from the bustling French Quarter.
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Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
The film took in more than $230 million at the worldwide box office and fittingly won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
Pinocchio (2022)
Plans to adapt Disney's 1940 version of Pinocchio to a live-action film date back to the '80s, finally earning the green light in 2015.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Bathrooms at many of the roughly 280 state parks in California are deteriorating and worn out because the parks themselves date back generations, Doyle said.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Rumblings that something was amiss date back to December, when the Wall Street Journal described Bond being locked in a stalemate between the studio and Broccoli and Wilson.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
The film took in more than $230 million at the worldwide box office and fittingly won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
Pinocchio (2022)
Plans to adapt Disney's 1940 version of Pinocchio to a live-action film date back to the '80s, finally earning the green light in 2015.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Bathrooms at many of the roughly 280 state parks in California are deteriorating and worn out because the parks themselves date back generations, Doyle said.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Rumblings that something was amiss date back to December, when the Wall Street Journal described Bond being locked in a stalemate between the studio and Broccoli and Wilson.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Date back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20back. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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