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Recent Examples of antedate
In truth, however, Italy’s migration policies antedate Salvini by at least two years, and represent an ugly consensus generally if more quietly shared by many powers in the EU.
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Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
His theatrically posed male nudes were antedated by George Platt Lynes’s.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 25 July 2019
Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
His theatrically posed male nudes were antedated by George Platt Lynes’s.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 25 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antedate
precede
Verb
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The service The St Regis Butler service precedes itself and is a brand-wide offering.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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That’s the case for the group Cabral and some 35,000 other youth belong to, Hakuna, which started in the early 2010s in a Madrid parish when a group of college students set up a weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration, preceded by a short lecture and followed by a meetup at a local bar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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“Antedate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedate. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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