carbon-date
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of carbon-date
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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I don’t personally think that you need to carbon-date every incident, or that everything needs to be shoved in an evidence bag and waved in the other person’s face.
From Seattle Times
A small amount of carbon-14 was also added so future scientists would be able to carbon-date the package from the past.
From Salon
“We can’t carbon-date them,” he said.
From New York Times
They could carbon-date the remnants of the fire pit to learn when prehistoric people were using that very tool.
From Washington Times
The team used two underwater robotic explorers to map out a 3-D image of the ship and they took a sample to carbon-date its age.
From BBC
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