predate

Example Sentences

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Tiger Global said its Flipkart investments predated the change and, therefore, qualified for the exemption.

From BBC

Haute Couture predates ready-to-wear fashion, which is industrially produced clothing in large quantities.

From Barron's

Cook, for her part, says that contested allegations of mortgage-paperwork violations that predate her time at the Fed fall far short of the “cause” required by the statute.

From The Wall Street Journal

For now, manufacturers are running at full tilt with factories that predate the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal

The act of bravery predated Rosa Park’s famous refusal by nine months.

From Salon