date from

idiom

: to have been made in or to have come into being in (a certain time in the past)

This bowl dates from the sixth century.

Examples of date from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Congress, in the 1968 Uniform Monday Holiday Act, moved the date from Washington’s actual birthday (February 22) to the third Monday in February as a giveaway to federal employee unions and the travel industry, both of whom value three-day weekends more highly than our historical patrimony. —The Editors, National Review, 17 Feb. 2025

And The Met is a good place to celebrate it with its comprehensive collection of Asian art — containing more than 35,000 objects ranging in date from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the 21st century. —Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025

When discussing the 2026 tournament format, Worcester Public Schools athletic director David Shea asked to move the regular season cutoff date from its usual Thursday over February vacation to Wednesday. —Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2025

One of them is the Stones of Stenness in the Orkneys, which date from 3100 to 2900 BC. —George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for date from

• nodosum
• overcome
• pyrethrum
• saccharum
• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom