date back

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The Assembly Rooms date back to 1735 and were used for social functions and dances in the Georgian era.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

These remains date back to the Middle Eocene period, roughly 47 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

A couple, out for a stroll, asked an AFP journalist to take a photo of them, a memento of a nice date back on their island home.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Parts of the disused hotel date back almost 400 years and the property has been listed since 1981.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The first traces of the people who would become the Olmec date back to about 1800 b.c.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann