Pre-dating

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pre-date form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Sharks have been around for 400 million years, pre-dating the dinosaurs. But scientists believe they may be unable to survive this ongoing assault."

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