How to Use "predate" with Example Sentences

1. Indeed , this strand may well predate the anti-pollution effort .
2. Some african countries have stocks that predate the ban , which they can also sell .
3. Mr khamenei had already declared such celebrations , which predate islam , to be religiously unlawful .
4. Geography partly explains the difference : america is spread out , while european cities predate the car .
5. But , being over 11000 years old , they predate the domestication of cereals in the middle east by a millennium .