| Accordingly some aspects of domestic rectitude predated the cult of domesticity. |
| The growth of acquisitive crime predated the spread of heroin use, but eventually these trends became interconnected and fueled each other. |
| The first woman rabbi predated the entry of women into the priesthood by seventeen years and after a similar struggle for recognition. |
| While there were four-wheel-drive vehicles that predated the military Jeep, they were mostly highly specialized trucks and pickups. |
| His newspaper contributions predated his novels by over two decades, as he looked to supplement his income as a civil servant. |
| In English, the roots of many words can be found in Latin and Greek and in the language that most likely predated them, called Indo-European. |
