date
noun
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen.
dates
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present tense formof date (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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For context, there’s a longtime beef between Rick Ross and 50 Cent, which dates back to the late 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The current area in which Champagne can be produced dates from 1927.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The incident dates back to the 1840s, when electric telegraph networks were beginning to transform long-distance communication.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The first security over Oracle stock by a bank in the filings dates back to 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
They then matched those dates to his bank records.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
