predated; predating; predates
: to prey on (something or someone)
Animals predate other animals in nature, but that is hardly commensurate with a massive worldwide farming industry that breeds species purely for our purpose.—
Jenny Diski
Jenny DiskiAre high-profile men that sexually predate women finally starting to lose immunity?—Alex McKinnon
Alex McKinnonAll cats may predate but those living indoors have little opportunity to do so.—Kevin Stafford
Kevin StaffordThere are many species that predate on pigeons and doves.—Revati
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modes of transportation that predate the car
the native people who predated European settlers in America
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While similar technologies already exist in hardware devices and TVs, bringing them directly into YouTube’s infrastructure could make high-quality streaming more accessible, especially for older videos that predate HD standards.
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A lot of what is unwieldy about Down Cemetery Road stems from the source novel, which predates the Slough House series and showcases a writer with an exceptional gift for dialogue and characterization but a more nascent sense of rudimentary storytelling.
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The halls all predated the 1874 refounding of Hertford College.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
In our conversation about strategy, Dykes noted that UPS’s health care focus predates the pandemic.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
While similar technologies already exist in hardware devices and TVs, bringing them directly into YouTube’s infrastructure could make high-quality streaming more accessible, especially for older videos that predate HD standards.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
A lot of what is unwieldy about Down Cemetery Road stems from the source novel, which predates the Slough House series and showcases a writer with an exceptional gift for dialogue and characterization but a more nascent sense of rudimentary storytelling.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Predate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predate. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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