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Microsoft ran it with Clippy, the bouncing paperclip that came with Office as far back as the 1990s.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
"The findings suggest that antimicrobial properties played a role as far back as the time of the early Neanderthals and could have been used in a targeted manner," explains Siemssen.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Mr. Hyden places the Strokes in the context of rock history as far back as the 1960s, with helpful comparisons to the Doors, the Velvet Underground, and, in the 1970s, the Ramones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As far back as 2012, the independent CCC warned of "more frequent wildfires due to warmer and drier conditions".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
As far back as 1942, a Northwestern University astrophysicist named Ralph B. Baldwin had suggested such a possibility in an article in Popular Astronomy magazine.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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