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Recent Examples of predated
The Pro Pickleball Medal Tracker has now been updated with these results; check out this link online for a complete pro medal history for all tours and all pro events dating to the beginnings of all the major pro tours, plus pro events that predated 2020.
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Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
One target should be the parameters and constraints of the outdated Missile Technology Control Regime, which was designed to control missile technology proliferation and predated the drone world of today.
—Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
The decline in both counties has come amid a sharp expansion of charter school and private school options that predated the state’s voucher system.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
There have been 220 previous attempts to break up California, according to the state library, including one that predated the state’s founding in 1850.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
One target should be the parameters and constraints of the outdated Missile Technology Control Regime, which was designed to control missile technology proliferation and predated the drone world of today.
—Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
The decline in both counties has come amid a sharp expansion of charter school and private school options that predated the state’s voucher system.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
There have been 220 previous attempts to break up California, according to the state library, including one that predated the state’s founding in 1850.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predated
preceded
Verb
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Outside of the spotlight, Redford navigated his own fiercely private life as a father of four (his two sons, Scott and James, preceded him in death) and grandfather of seven along with his second wife, artist Sibylle Szaggars, on their secluded ranch in the mountains outside of Provo, Utah.—
Julie Jordan,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Forecasters say Wednesday’s rain could be preceded by rapid warming of the land, triggering lightning that could start wildfires across a parched county.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Predated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predated. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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