Postdate Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Most fossils from the Frankincense family have, up until now, been recovered from rocks that postdate the asteroid impact.

From Science Daily

If you have ever written a check and made it payable to someone but included a future date, you have postdated a check.

From Encyclopedia.com

On appeal, Holmes plans to challenge several of the judge's rulings, including his allowance of evidence about Theranos' test accuracy that postdated her statements to investors.

From Reuters

Several lawmakers who submitted letters calling for a vote asked Mr. Brady that they be postdated so they would not be seen as interfering with the jubilee.

From New York Times

And it argues its case by examining 38 other ostensibly liberatory images of Black subjects that predate and postdate this one.

From New York Times