Example Sentences

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His keen interest in the power of image far predated his rise to power.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The author emphasizes that by the 1950s, approximately 90% of Cuba’s mines were owned by U.S. companies, demonstrating a longstanding pattern of American economic domination that predated the rise of Fidel Castro and communism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

Games, books, old news programs that predated the sun flares.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner