antedate
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This selection, which includes several cartoons that antedate the age of Trump, showcases several modes.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2017
These stones antedate even the long-ago, medieval world in which this “Macbeth” is set.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2014
Robert Hooke, not long after, suggested that the fossil record would form the basis for a chronology that would “far antedate ... even the very pyramids.”
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2013
His juggled compositions antedate John Cage by a generation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over twelve hundred layers have been counted on the stumps of Sequoias in California, and it is probable that some trees now living antedate the Christian era.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
