predates
- present tense form of predate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The front page of that day’s New York Times carried a headline: “Scientists Discover a Form of Life That Predates Higher Organisms.”
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2018
The BFG,” Roald Dahl Predates LOLCats.com for hilarious misspellings and grammar inconsistencies, plus there are all kinds of passages about what children taste like to monsters.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2015
Credit: Horse Variety Predates Domestication Today's horses come in a variety of colors and sizes, but don't credit humans.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 22, 2011
“It’s Temic, actually. Predates Tema by about a thousand years.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
