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Coverage for medical conditions that predate someone’s membership is often excluded, as well.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx have something to sing about: a two-decade friendship that predates the iPod.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
It was uploaded to both TikTok and YouTube in November 2022, predating the U.S. sightings by two years.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
The creature—which long predates the first true mammals, as well as the dinosaurs—is described based on a fossil specimen found on the Spanish island of Mallorca, located in the Mediterranean Sea.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx have something to sing about: a two-decade friendship that predates the iPod.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
It was uploaded to both TikTok and YouTube in November 2022, predating the U.S. sightings by two years.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
The creature—which long predates the first true mammals, as well as the dinosaurs—is described based on a fossil specimen found on the Spanish island of Mallorca, located in the Mediterranean Sea.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Predate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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