as in preceding
to go or come before in time
dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years
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Today’s financial world reminds him of the wild years preceding the global financial crisis of 2008-09.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Antedating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedating. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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