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 recordings, discovered in the label’s archives in 2021, date back to April 1990.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 June 2024
In 1993, construction workers found more than 20 skulls and other bones near Randall Laboratory that date back to the beginning of the 1900s, according to the university’s website.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Some of these credentials date back as far as 2020 and enabled UNC5537 to steal data from Snowflake customer instances in an attempt to sell it on cybercriminal forums and extort the victims.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 11 June 2024
The first studies showing the drug’s effectiveness date back to the 1970s.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 May 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 June 2024
In 1993, construction workers found more than 20 skulls and other bones near Randall Laboratory that date back to the beginning of the 1900s, according to the university’s website.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Some of these credentials date back as far as 2020 and enabled UNC5537 to steal data from Snowflake customer instances in an attempt to sell it on cybercriminal forums and extort the victims.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 11 June 2024
The first studies showing the drug’s effectiveness date back to the 1970s.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 May 2024
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“Date back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20back. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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