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Recent Examples of predated
Yet this is part of a trend that’s defined the Knicks’ first season under Brown, one that also predated Brown’s arrival as a through-line over the course of last season’s playoff run.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
What North Texas was like 1,100 years ago Trinity’s life predated the European discovery of the New World by some 600 years.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
That the show predated the birth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes its send-up of superhero themes that much more trenchant in retrospect.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Perhaps nothing in the book illustrates the challenges faced by the women of the scrappy National Women’s Football League, which formally ran from 1974 to 1989 (though several teams predated the league) more so than a description of one Ohio billboard.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Further, vertical space is often viewed as an antithesis to Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style, as well as similar movements that predated Art Deco and embraced horizontal space.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
As Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute has documented, the exclusion is roughly as old as the income tax itself, rooted in early Treasury rulings that predated modern health insurance.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
The emails predated Epstein’s final arrest and did not allege criminal conduct.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Iranians’ lives have been upended, but their domestic struggles have long predated this latest war.
—Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
What North Texas was like 1,100 years ago Trinity’s life predated the European discovery of the New World by some 600 years.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
That the show predated the birth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes its send-up of superhero themes that much more trenchant in retrospect.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Perhaps nothing in the book illustrates the challenges faced by the women of the scrappy National Women’s Football League, which formally ran from 1974 to 1989 (though several teams predated the league) more so than a description of one Ohio billboard.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Further, vertical space is often viewed as an antithesis to Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style, as well as similar movements that predated Art Deco and embraced horizontal space.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
As Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute has documented, the exclusion is roughly as old as the income tax itself, rooted in early Treasury rulings that predated modern health insurance.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
The emails predated Epstein’s final arrest and did not allege criminal conduct.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Iranians’ lives have been upended, but their domestic struggles have long predated this latest war.
—Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predated
preceded
Verb
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The announcement, which was preceded by a series of cryptic posts from the singer, comes over five years after her last major solo concert.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even Palumbo, who in January approved Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s application to intervene in the Hursh case, likened the Hursh matter to many cases that preceded it.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoma Watch,
31 Mar. 2026
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