date back
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In France, some 92,000 hectares has burned over the same time, the largest on records that date back two decades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
A Law Commission report in 2022 concluded that these marriage laws, which date back to the 18th and 19th Centuries, were "complicated, inefficient, unfair and needlessly restrictive".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The most influential research was from Jagadeesh and Titman, two finance professors at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, in1993, but earlier papers date back at least to the 1960s.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Prosecutors alleged in the court documents that the violations appeared to date back to the beginning of the company’s contract with the Marine Corps Police Department at Camp Pendleton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
They date back to 1919, the first year he started working for the American Electric Broom Company.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
