as in followed
to come after in time
the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years
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Red Sox prospect Tyler Uberstine gave up a one-out double to 2025 NL Rookie of the Year Drake Baldwin, and Matt Olson followed with a two-run homer.—
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Buetane, trained by Bob Baffert, was fourth, followed by Lockstocknpharoah.—
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Arkansas Online,
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Chernyshov was replaced by Graf of the Sharks’ top line with Smith and Celebrini.—
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15 Mar. 2026
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After arriving at a church in the northern outskirts of Beirut to hold a funeral Mass for his friend, Sayyah said the sense of relief that came with reaching somewhere safe was quickly replaced by the grim realization that this war could be different from the last.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Postdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postdated. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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