Sentence examples similar to it predated this from inspiring English sources

It predated the internet.

Indeed, it predated the legislation.

It predated the discovery of the branching reaction (Nielsen et al, 2005) and could not account for this reaction.

Ashton bequeathed Schaufuss the rights to this Romeo in his will and it predates the Kenneth MacMillan version usually seen in Britain.

Although it predates the first mentions of Tao as a philosophical term, this classic Chinese augury was later adopted as a meditative text by Taoists.

(One poem in this section includes a prefatory warning, courtesy of its author, that it "should not be read as a political allegory as it predates the crisis").

Galen believed that this idea originated with Hippocrates, though it is possible that it predated him.

In Malawi, there has recently been significant CCM program expansion, but the last DHS predated this, so it does not reflect whatever relative contribution this program may currently be making.

Slimane's fascination with him predates this descent, and he aims to outflank it as well.

It predates Trump, but this goes back to the Obama administration, with Trump's origins, and all the racist hysteria that was directed at Obama.

Both agreed that dance predated this pottery art by a great stretch of time, and that it probably had long had a social function beyond mere entertainment.