POSTDATE Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

postdate

verb

ˌpōs(t)-ˈdāt

Definition of postdate

as in to follow

to come after in time the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years

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Recent Examples of postdate Crucially, because the Huayuan site postdates the Sinsk event and represents deeper parts of the ocean, the collection indicates that deep-water environments were a refuge for organisms during mass extinction. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026 Nora Lange on Motherhood As a Time-Travel Journey There are truths which predate and postdate us. — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026 Most of those emails postdate the time when the two were friends. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 19 Nov. 2025 Ranging in age from 150 to nearly 5,000 years, varying in length from 7 to 36 feet, many canoes postdate the arrival of Europeans. — Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024 Horn had exited the public eye in 2015 following a stroke that postdated a career spent creating a multifaceted oeuvre that seethed with energy. — News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2024

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The frenzy followed Beijing’s decision in the mid-1980s to ban imports of almost all blood products – except human albumin – amid growing fears over the global HIV/AIDS crisis.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The group’s work with firefighters began following a 2017 blaze that destroyed thousands of homes in California’s wine country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Until China can produce or replace enough plasma of its own, tens of millions of patients needing human albumin, like Ge’s family, will remain heavily reliant on the vital fluid typically drawn from hard-up Americans.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Until then, the options to replace Weathers aren’t the most appealing.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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