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Recent Examples of postdate
Nora Lange on Motherhood As a Time-Travel Journey There are truths which predate and postdate us.
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Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Plus there’s no added passenger screen, a trend that thankfully postdates this car.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 25 Mar. 2026
Most of those emails postdate the time when the two were friends.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 19 Nov. 2025
So the key activities both predate and postdate the J.C.P.O.A., although Iran was technically in non-compliance the entire time for failing to declare the materials.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 June 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
Imagine an English literature course that included no books written after 1600; a philosophy syllabus designed on the assumption that all philosophers after David Hume were second-rate; an archaeology professor who refused to teach anything postdating the Lower Paleolithic.
—Peter Thonemann, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Plus there’s no added passenger screen, a trend that thankfully postdates this car.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 25 Mar. 2026
Most of those emails postdate the time when the two were friends.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 19 Nov. 2025
So the key activities both predate and postdate the J.C.P.O.A., although Iran was technically in non-compliance the entire time for failing to declare the materials.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 June 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
Imagine an English literature course that included no books written after 1600; a philosophy syllabus designed on the assumption that all philosophers after David Hume were second-rate; an archaeology professor who refused to teach anything postdating the Lower Paleolithic.
—Peter Thonemann, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postdate
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Joey Garrison The White House plans to serve King Charles, Queen Camilla and other guests dover sole meunière ‒ a premium French fish dish ‒ as the main course of Tuesday's royal state dinner followed by a chocolate gâteau shaped like a beehive for dessert.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Set one clear boundary around your time today and follow it so your work stays consistent and controlled.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The hospice movement that emerged in the latter half of the last century improved conditions for patients in the later years of life, replacing sterile, clinical hospital settings with holistic care centered on pain management, dignity, and quality of life.—
Tom Koutsoumpas,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Our approach would replace the outdated fuel-tax model with an annual fee based on vehicle weight, collected by states at the point of registration.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Postdate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postdate. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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