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• The White House says Biden’s plan would push that date back to the 2050s.
  — Chris Megerian, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2023
• These split doors came to the U.S. from the Netherlands and date back to at least the 17th century.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
• But then as the strike ended, Sony pushed the date back three months, out of summer.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
• The home also uniquely features roads and trails that date back to the early 1900s.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
• These maces, which date back to the 17th century, are made of silver gilt over oak.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Apr. 2023
• It was built on the site of a Jewish temple that is believed to date back almost 1,900 years.
  — Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 9 May 2023
• His office at Xavier is lined with typewriters, many of which date back to the early days of the machines in the late 1800s.
  — cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
• Many of the crowns, jewels and robes worn during the coronation date back hundreds of years.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
• Three of the new board members' nominations date back to April 2021.
  — Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
• Cask engines date back to 17th century Britain, but in the U.S., the style has long been seen as unpalatable, warm and flat.
  — Ruvani De Silva, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• The concerns about dollars ending up in the wrong hands date back to soon after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Efforts to make a sequel to the original 1988 Beetlejuice date back at least a decade.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• Reward credit cards, which date back to the 1980s, first started out as cards for the affluent.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2023
• The city broke the record on Sunday, per the National Weather Service's snowfall records, which date back to 1869.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 30 Jan. 2023
• What's more, the rocks that make up the rubble pile are thought to date back about 4.5 billion years — around the time our solar system was first forming.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
• At issue are events that date back nearly seven years, to the final stretch of Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign.
  — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
• Its origins date back 16 years and have been the topic of discussion ever since.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 Dec. 2023
• The research team’s experiences date back to the Apollo era.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• But the spirits released under its banner date back years, even decades.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 May 2023
• These dense galaxies date back to a time when other parts of space were very primitive.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2023
• The necropolis date back to nearly 2,000 years ago, according to a report by CBS News.
  — Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
• Giant lacewing fossils date back to the Middle Jurassic era, over 160 million years ago.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 1 Mar. 2023
• In the historic district, Henkel Square Market has various shops housed in historic buildings that date back to the 1800s.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2023
• Here, a pair of orange velvet sofas that date back to 1962 make nice with a Shaker-style sideboard piled with pumpkins.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 28 July 2023
• Some graves are those of Russian soldiers; the provenance of others, thought to date back to World War I or earlier, is unknown.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• Criticism over fees and Ticketmaster date back to the mid-1990s.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2023
• The wall’s names date back over 600 years of Barbadian history.
  — Victoria M. Walker, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2023
• The mummy is thought to date back to 1,000 A.D, belonging to the Yschsma culture, inhabitants of whom lived south of Lima.
  — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
• In response, Soundgarden claimed that the recordings date back to 2015 and were intended for a Soundgarden album, thus arguing that the songs were the property of the band.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2023
• The oldest pieces on view date back to the late first century C.E.: two marble sculptures of Vertragus dogs, a Celtic breed thought to be an ancestor of the greyhound.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024