as in preceding
to go or come before in time
dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years
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But somehow, over the preceding months, Prager had managed to get basically everyone else present at his sentencing hearing on his side, including the prosecutors responsible for putting him away.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026 -
Over the preceding years, Bennett had come to question the medical reasoning behind her three prior C-sections.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Antedating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedating. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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