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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
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The tussle over rare earths precedes the current administration; China for years has built up near-total control of the minerals as part of its wider industrial policy.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Shiffrin, who earned her 101st World Cup win at last season's finals in April, was transparent about her return to the international circuit of alpine skiing this season, which precedes the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games in February 2026.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Predates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predates. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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