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Recent Examples of predates
Well, my interest in photography predates my film career.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
However, Shearer’s Premier League career predates his 10-season spell at his boyhood club.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Founded in 1889, the private Alamance County school predates Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency by more than a century.
—Josh Shaffer, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
The only thing that predates Berns’ obsession with music is his passion for the Knicks.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The hot corner is not the Bombers’ only problem that predates their wave of injuries this spring.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
The trend starts in the pantry The incorporation of food imagery in design predates the present moment.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
But Southern rap history predates Questlove’s appreciation by decades.
—A.d. Carson, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
With further excavations, researchers could uncover a site with more historical layers preserved and examine the archaeological record that predates this find.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
However, Shearer’s Premier League career predates his 10-season spell at his boyhood club.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Founded in 1889, the private Alamance County school predates Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency by more than a century.
—Josh Shaffer, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
The only thing that predates Berns’ obsession with music is his passion for the Knicks.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The hot corner is not the Bombers’ only problem that predates their wave of injuries this spring.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
The trend starts in the pantry The incorporation of food imagery in design predates the present moment.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
But Southern rap history predates Questlove’s appreciation by decades.
—A.d. Carson, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
With further excavations, researchers could uncover a site with more historical layers preserved and examine the archaeological record that predates this find.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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