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"These early quasars date back to the Universe's infancy," says Daming Yang of Leiden University in the Netherlands, lead author of the Euclid discovery paper.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
The last substantial changes to the plan date back to 1995 for much of the watershed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Kyiv's hulking CHPs date back to the 1970s and 1980s during Soviet times, and the stock of replacement parts to patch up damage is running low.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Many of these investments date back to 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
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