date back
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Many of Iran’s jets date back decades to the time of the Shah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some of the specimens may date back to the arrival of the first Europeans and the establishment of the city during the 1840s.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
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
Still, from what we can tell, everyone, rich or poor, liked to flavor their food with spices—a taste that may well date back to Roman times.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
