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Recent Examples of antedate
In truth, however, Italy’s migration policies antedate Salvini by at least two years, and represent an ugly consensus generally if more quietly shared by many powers in the EU.
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Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
His theatrically posed male nudes were antedated by George Platt Lynes’s.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 25 July 2019
Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
His theatrically posed male nudes were antedated by George Platt Lynes’s.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 25 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antedate
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For most of the preceding four decades, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, had governed unopposed, and people were beginning to demand greater freedoms.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The annexation formed the backdrop to a war in Ukraine's Donbas region which preceded Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Antedate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedate. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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