date back
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To have been around since a very long time ago.
"This cathedral dates back to the thirteenth century and is one of the oldest in Europe."
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The Lagoon That Puzzled Paleontologists for 250 Years
PBS Eons · 0:46
They date back to the late
101 Things to Do in TOKYO 🇯🇵 Hidden Spots Revealed
Abroad in Japan · 68:19
Said to date back 1,900 years.
Sir David Attenborough: Ancient Giant Humans and the Dark Truth of Cannibalism | Full Documentary
Paleora · 11:43
date back not thousands, but tens of
"Hey Meta" with Keltie Knight
Meta · 0:19
date back to ancient Greece and Rome.
I helped break a 142-year-old bell, and that's okay.
Tom Scott · 3:38
and those cases date back to the 1840s