as in preceding
to go or come before in time
gunpowder predated the invention of the gun by several centuries
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Recent Examples of predating
Despite all the recent tech wealth and tech jobs and development growth, Seattle’s creative community has shrunken, a trend long predating COVID.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Far predating meticulous records, the war sprawled across the civilian populations of many nations.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The song goes back to 1965, predating my first reading of the script in 1985.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Far predating meticulous records, the war sprawled across the civilian populations of many nations.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The song goes back to 1965, predating my first reading of the script in 1985.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predating
preceding
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Officials moved forward with the first Cygnus XL mission after the preceding cargo module was damaged during shipment from Italy to the United States earlier this year.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Over the preceding three years, Arista’s revenue has increased at an average rate of 32%.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Predating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predating. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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