as in followed
to come after in time
the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years
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The Xfinity Series season will kick off at Daytona International Speedway on February 15 followed by Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 22.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025 -
Video footage captured at the scene of the shooting shows a person leaving a white Dodge Caravan and approaching a home on Hardesty Avenue, followed by a man identified as Thomas exiting a blue sedan and following him.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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The candles that used to illuminate Christmas trees have thankfully been replaced by electric lights.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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The company replaced its CEO with an outsider in August, before tens of thousands of Boeing workers went on strike for seven weeks in the fall.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Postdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postdated. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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