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Discover LudwigThe phrase "extending back to" is both correct and usable in written English
You use it when you want to refer to a period of time that began at some point in the past and continues up to the present. For example, "The band has enjoyed a long career, extending back to their first album in 2001."
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More than 50 different peoples inhabit Transcaucasia; these groups have cultures extending back to ancient times.
It should be noted that the forecasts are mostly above the average extending back to 1950.
But the structure has roots extending back to the nation's earliest years.
The hair thins gradually, often over decades, around the top frontal area and extending back to the crown.
Bobby Jordan, has a professional career, extending back to "Street Scene" Charles Bellin, has a fine offstage background.
In his last 565 plate appearances — extending back to last season — Jeter has slugged one ball over the fence, and none since last Aug.
Mitch had "a monstrous dog team," Dallas had to admit — the product of twenty generations' worth of line-breeding, extending back to Boppa's active mushing days.
A family matriarch, she was clear-minded to the end, and was the keeper and recounter of family lore extending back to her ancestral roots in czarist Russia.
The family has a long and diverse fossil record extending back to the Triassic Period (251 million to 199.6 million years ago).
This mentality had deep roots extending back to the 1970s, when the United States went from being a minor importer of oil to a major importer.
Examining the urine is one of the oldest forms of diagnostic testing, extending back to the days of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
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