antedates

present tense third-person singular of antedate
as in precedes
to go or come before in time dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years

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precedes
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  • If anything, Blaine’s saccharine monologue that precedes the kiss kind of serves as cosmic justice for Kurt, who really gets the short end of the stick in season two, to say the least.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • The differences between a Universe that began with a hot Big Bang and a Universe that had an inflationary phase that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang are subtle, but tremendously important.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Antedates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedates. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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