POSTDATING Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

postdating

verb

present participle of postdate

as in following

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

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Daily Fiction By Genevieve Plunkett The following is from Genevieve Plunkett's The Lonely Girl's Vegetable Patch.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Ties between the two countries, which had deteriorated sharply following a deadly border skirmish in 2020, have been thawing for more than a year.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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To be sure, commercially viable applications will have to enter the market, old industrial equipment will need replacing, and computing power will need to be built.

— Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Khamenei has not been seen in public since replacing his father as Iran's supreme leader.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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In the current market, some retailers and brands are succeeding and remaining competitive, while others have had to change course—closing, pivoting to other verticals or selling their businesses.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
The final season of Girls ended (spoiler) with Hannah Horvath a mother, attempting and, finally, succeeding to get her son to latch.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

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