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Bill Clinton was beside other past presidents at Ground Zero in New York, but his two White House terms predate the attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

But many such laws predate modern prediction markets and haven’t necessarily been tested in court recently.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Their experiments suggest that the attraction to crystals may have deep evolutionary origins that predate modern humans.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

“In our view, the key to the current policy stance in Norway is that inflation concerns predate this spring’s energy price volatility,” ING foreign exchange strategist Francesco Pesole said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Because they predate written records of their use and were not known to exist until after the date of the Mary Rose’s sinking, the navigational instruments that were excavated are also extremely important.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The idea of mining online conversations for clues about drug safety predates today's AI boom.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

His tenure predates the formation of Inspire, becoming Arby’s CEO in 2013 after Roark first acquired the roast-beef sandwich chain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

And as we get into subsequent episodes that we’re dealing with now, we see that Robby’s sense of loss predates Louie and his mentor, Adamson, and it goes back to almost an original sin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Every initiative of Musk’s that succeeded predates the pandemic.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The fact that the source of this expression predates Newton and was picked up by him for his own purposes only reinforces Faulkner’s compelling argument.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Those episodes predated the current two waves of polygraphs in 2026 over sources for news stories about the U.S.’s dwindling munitions inventory during the Iran war.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Mandeep Singh, a senior industry analyst for technology at Bloomberg Intelligence, said worries about destructive AI predated large language models like Anthropic’s Claude.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

The company is also staring down lawsuits from people and school districts that predated the settlement and are set to go to trial soon, the Times reports.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

The arrival of both ships in America predated the English Civil War, which lasted from 1642 to 1651.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The creditor’s note was purportedly signed by Roan and was dated “Jany, 1921”; this was important, because it indicated that the note predated efforts to obtain the insurance, giving legitimacy to Hale’s claim.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“Notably lacking” were “educational philosophies predating the 20th century, or much focus on the elements and principles of classical liberal arts education.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The play is clearly the property of another era — an era predating even when the work was written.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

It lost $2 billion in 2001, with the vast majority of its problems predating the Sept. 11 attacks.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

Survey response rates have dramatically declined External link in recent years, predating the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Most importantly, alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages—the first permanent settlements in history, long predating the Agricultural Revolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari