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How to pronounce predate in American English
“predate” pronunciation by American speakers
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So it predates -- those efforts predate this initiative, they predate certainly the death of Trayvon
The Obama White House
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These four-winged insects predate dinosaurs.
NSF
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Again, these numbers predate the invasion of Ukraine, they predate the American public’s focus now on
State Department
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