date back
idiom
: to have come into being (a number of years ago)
a custom that dates back 400 years
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These date back to her time as a freshman at the University of Texas in 2019 and during her career at Oregon in 2022, when TCU head coach Mark Campbell was an assistant on the Ducks’ staff.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2025
Some of the systems date back more than 50 years, making a quick fix not quite so easy.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The Chinatown festival is said to date back to Chicago’s first Chinese immigrants, who settled first in the Loop and then farther south to the area around Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
According to the University of Birmingham, the tracks date back to around 166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic Period.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2025
Some of the systems date back more than 50 years, making a quick fix not quite so easy.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The Chinatown festival is said to date back to Chicago’s first Chinese immigrants, who settled first in the Loop and then farther south to the area around Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
According to the University of Birmingham, the tracks date back to around 166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic Period.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Date back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20back. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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