date back
idiom
: to have come into being (a number of years ago)
a custom that dates back 400 years
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The first studies showing the drug’s effectiveness date back to the 1970s.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 May 2024
Editors’ Picks Democratic worries about Philadelphia turnout rates, particularly among voters of color, date back years and are not unique to Mr. Biden’s candidacy.
—Katie Glueck, New York Times, 18 May 2024
These eggs were found in the Narmada Valley of central India, and date back to the Upper Cretaceous more than 66 million years ago in what may have been a floodplain, the authors of the study published in PLOS ONE write.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024
The Social Security Agency tracks names that date back to 1880.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
January 24, 2024: Dove Cameron and Damiano David grab dinner together
Cameron and David continued to date back stateside.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The origins of Trump's immunity claim date back to last fall, when his attorneys first raised the issue.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
The roots of April Fools' Day date back to before the 15th century, eventually evolving into the modern-day trickster's holiday for pranking a friend, family member, co-worker − or your customers.
—USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
One of the earliest records of people watching a specific solar eclipse may be the one recorded on a clay tablet in the Syrian port city of Ugarit, believed to contain a reference to the eclipse of March 5, 1223 B.C.E. Eclipse records from China may date back almost as far, Schaefer says.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 May 2024
Editors’ Picks Democratic worries about Philadelphia turnout rates, particularly among voters of color, date back years and are not unique to Mr. Biden’s candidacy.
—Katie Glueck, New York Times, 18 May 2024
These eggs were found in the Narmada Valley of central India, and date back to the Upper Cretaceous more than 66 million years ago in what may have been a floodplain, the authors of the study published in PLOS ONE write.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024
The Social Security Agency tracks names that date back to 1880.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
January 24, 2024: Dove Cameron and Damiano David grab dinner together
Cameron and David continued to date back stateside.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The origins of Trump's immunity claim date back to last fall, when his attorneys first raised the issue.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
The roots of April Fools' Day date back to before the 15th century, eventually evolving into the modern-day trickster's holiday for pranking a friend, family member, co-worker − or your customers.
—USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
One of the earliest records of people watching a specific solar eclipse may be the one recorded on a clay tablet in the Syrian port city of Ugarit, believed to contain a reference to the eclipse of March 5, 1223 B.C.E. Eclipse records from China may date back almost as far, Schaefer says.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Date back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20back. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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