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Recent Examples of predates
Any person with a passing understanding of New York City subway culture knows that riding outside the train predates social media.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
His third-generation family business predates Venezuela’s socialist governments.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
In our conversation about strategy, Dykes noted that UPS’s health care focus predates the pandemic.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
A lot of what is unwieldy about Down Cemetery Road stems from the source novel, which predates the Slough House series and showcases a writer with an exceptional gift for dialogue and characterization but a more nascent sense of rudimentary storytelling.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
This deficit predates the shutdown, as many current staff were expected to work mandatory overtime and six-day workweeks.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Fess Parker has a cinematic history that predates Sideways.
—Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
But there has been a steady decline in bipartisan customs that predates Thune and even Schumer.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
The most experienced participant on the panel, Codiciado — part of the generation that emerged in Tijuana during the pandemic that predates the corridos tumbados movement — shared valuable advice with his peers.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
His third-generation family business predates Venezuela’s socialist governments.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
In our conversation about strategy, Dykes noted that UPS’s health care focus predates the pandemic.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
A lot of what is unwieldy about Down Cemetery Road stems from the source novel, which predates the Slough House series and showcases a writer with an exceptional gift for dialogue and characterization but a more nascent sense of rudimentary storytelling.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
This deficit predates the shutdown, as many current staff were expected to work mandatory overtime and six-day workweeks.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Fess Parker has a cinematic history that predates Sideways.
—Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
But there has been a steady decline in bipartisan customs that predates Thune and even Schumer.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
The most experienced participant on the panel, Codiciado — part of the generation that emerged in Tijuana during the pandemic that predates the corridos tumbados movement — shared valuable advice with his peers.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predates
precedes
Verb
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Often a period of instability precedes the tipping point.—
Matthew Hutson,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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That three-game series precedes the Royals’ home opener at Kauffman Stadium on March 30 against the Minnesota Twins.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Predates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predates. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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