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Usage examples of predating.

When the ashes blew away, they saw that which had not been seen in 10,000 years, predating both Tiahuanaco and Giza, according to the time wizards.

The floor above was stone, which he had learned from Malguri meant a barrel vault beneath, in this age predating structural steel.

In a bizarre coincidence predating Cohen's analysis, theoretical physicist and former Pentagon nuclear expert Theodore B.

The guard, studded with a row of glittering emeralds, was straight, not circular, in a style predating the long-ago establishment of the Church.