Example Sentences

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On 13 March 2025, bulldozers demolished homes in Gishiri, an indigenous community predating the FCT.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It lost $2 billion in 2001, with the vast majority of its problems predating the Sept. 11 attacks.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

Survey response rates have dramatically declined External link in recent years, predating the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

My father died leaving an old will predating his fourth wife.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Most importantly, alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages—the first permanent settlements in history, long predating the Agricultural Revolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari