I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a delivery date/time
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The normal delivery time is 7 – 10 days after you place your order.
a departure date ( also date of departure )
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You cannot make a change to your booking within six weeks of your departure date.
a lunch date (= when you meet someone for lunch )
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I've got a lunch date.
a target date
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There is no target date set for completion of the new project.
a trial date
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No trial date has been set because of procedural delays.
bang up to date
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The technology is bang up to date .
blind date
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Would you ever go on a blind date?
carbon dating
closing date
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The closing date for applications is 6 August.
completion date
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The project has a completion date of December 22nd.
cut-off date/point/score etc (= the date etc when you stop doing something )
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The cut-off date for registration is July 2.
date from the 18th etc century (= it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century )
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The present church dates from the 13th century.
date rape
date stamp
dating agency
day/date/time of purchase
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This product should be consumed on the day of purchase.
double date
drop dead date
due date
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Fewer than five percent of women have their babies on their due date.
International Date Line
Internet dating (= using the Internet to meet people for a romantic relationship )
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Internet dating websites are becoming increasingly popular.
Internet dating
past...sell-by date
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This type of games console is starting to look well past its sell-by date .
past...sell-by date
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a yoghurt two days past its sell-by date
play date
radioactive dating
radiocarbon dating
retirement date
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My actual retirement date is July 10.
sb’s date of birth especially BrE , sb’s birth date especially AmE (= the day, month and year you were born )
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Please give your name, address, and date of birth.
scheduled...date
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We will not cancel your holiday less than eight weeks before the scheduled departure date .
sell-by date
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a yoghurt two days past its sell-by date
set a date/time
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No date has been set for the election.
speed dating
the exact date
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He plans to retire soon, but the exact date is not fixed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blind
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Or a blind date with Black Francis??
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They met on a blind date .
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Once seated, Denice tells us she's only been on a blind date once before, and that was years ago.
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In mid-September, he met Pamela Digby on a blind date and proposed.
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They chose their high-flying ceremony after a blind date and party brought them together.
closing
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And providing you are eligible and you reply by the closing date , your acceptance into the Personal Accident Plan is guaranteed.
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The closing dates were strictly adhered to by the Office of Works.
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Any entries made after the closing date will be disqualified.
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The closing date for applications is 1 December 1990.
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They also put a closing date on the offer which meant there was no time to try again.
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There are 30 places available on a first come, first served basis; the closing date is Friday 15 March.
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The closing date for submissions was 7 November 1988.
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The fact that closing date for entries was 28 January seems to have escaped its notice.
due
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It was less than satisfying; and yet as his due date neared he kept on, sometimes all night.
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The amount and due date will be announced in advance.
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The new Jan. 22 due date also applies to taxpayers in Washington, Mr Keith adds.
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The covenant to pay the rent on the due date , quarterly in advance usually, is absolutely fundamental.
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The due date coincides with the closing ceremonies in Atlanta.
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My first child arrived quite quickly on the due date .
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Only a significantly wrong due date separates Lou Madden from a perfect Super Bowl attendance record.
early
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From an early date the imperial palaces at Constantinople incorporated decorative schemes that emphasized and glorified imperial power and dominion.
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Some people felt that he should have removed McClellan from command at an early date .
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The design and printing of the posters should be discussed at an early date with the Cartographic Unit.
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The technique is free and realistic for such an early date .
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Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date .
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Day-to-day government was from an early date conducted by an officer called a seneschal, with vice-ducal powers, and a council.
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I hope to arrange for the Broadcasting Committee to consider the issue at an early date .
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Does anyone know the earliest date that a cuckoo has been heard?
exact
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Details of exact dates of birth and death recorded here provide information not available in any public record. 24.
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The exact date for the closing has not been set.
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The exact date of the beginning of our post-imperial era is, however, relatively unimportant.
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D., continuously increase toward an end-the Second Comingwhose exact date in the future remains unknown.
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The exact date of its original building is disputed but it probably stems from the late fifth or early sixth century.
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The exact date was etched in memory because it was Day Five of my aborted Month of Celibacy.
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Nor is it so regular that we can trust to it altogether to fix the exact date of any given work.
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Peres is expected to announce an exact date next week.
future
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In addition, or alternatively, they may be redeemable, thus promising cash from the company at a future date .
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Admission is $ 4 a person. Future dance dates are April 20 and May 11.
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Be sure at some future date you will regret it if you don't.
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At some future date it might become necessary for Anna Beckett to be admitted to a private asylum.
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Albert Hanson has details about future dates on.
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Firstly, loan demand must come from creditworthy customers who can guarantee loan repayment at a future date .
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It is a matter best addressed at a future date in the light of the experience of the self-governing colleges.
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Watch the Gig Guide for details of future dates .
late
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He might well have formed his own opinion but he knew that would not bear cross-examination at some later date .
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Or how about a vital organ being removed and the opt-out card being found at a later date ?
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Allowing some children to enter school at a later date gives them more time to play.
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Some firms are very flexible on this issue and where possible, allow them to relocate at a later date .
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Like any investments, they can be enhanced, even at a late date , by further contributions of time and effort.
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This is particularly important if any query arises upon any of the answers given at a later date .
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This was the latest in date from Viola to Walter.
■ NOUN
birth
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They filed in, giving birth dates and names.
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He kept his birth date a mystery, but according to the Baseball Encyclopedia he already was 42.
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From Seymour Direct, it has easy-to-read numbers and is personalised with the child's name and birth date .
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It asks my birth date , if I have any children and my marital status.
completion
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Market Tests with target completion date of end of September 1993 Note: 1.
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Their target completion date is late 1990.
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Supply agreements with key customers which are due for renewal shortly after the intended completion date .
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The final completion date for the whole project is 2003.
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From this information, a job completion date is produced: The target is achievable, but only by hard work.
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Among their criteria: Cancel any project that remains unfinished more than 20 years past its original completion date .
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This provision may cause confusion to clients as they will not understand that it only relates to a late completion date .
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When you've got your completion date , you can breath a sigh of relief - and get your removal firm organised.
delivery
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The delivery date for the futures contract is 30 June.
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Similar relationships hold for cycles of futures contracts with different delivery dates , as shown in Fig. 8.2.
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Poor delivery dates and servicing facilities are further factors to which empirical studies have attached major, even primary importance.
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At this stage you should also get a delivery date .
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Corridor's platform will allow retailers to inform their customers of precise delivery dates through online links to manufacturers and distributors.
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Where a delivery date had not been provided a shocking 59 per cent of goods were never delivered.
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Before the delivery date , the buyer made a sub-contract to sell similar goods at 65s. per ton.
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Confirm delivery date and make sure you send written confirmation of all the details.
expiration
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The expiration date is no more than fourteen days later than the date of grading.
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In August that year $ 25 million worth of vaccine was backlogged and in danger of passing its six-month expiration date .
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Beer makers such as Anheuser-Busch complained two years ago that the county was selling beer past its expiration date .
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The certificate, which is good at any of the restaurants, has no expiration date .
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Guidelines require that an expiration date appear on every page of an Internet-Draft.
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Winemakers, you already know that consumers need expiration dates on certain wines.
expiry
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Check the expiry date on the packet.
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My Visa number is expiry date 09/94.
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The block exemptions are subject to review, since they have expiry dates written in, but no substantial change is imminent.
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The company is currently seeking agreement, and an extension of its credit agreement beyond the current June 30 expiry date .
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Profit diagrams can only be intelligibly drawn for strategies involving investments with the same expiry dates .
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These forms are filed alphabetically, the expiry date carefully noted and systematically cleared out after the expiry date has elapsed.
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His defence, to start with, was the circular from the Tripoli Committee extending the expiry date on the milk.
publication
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The publication date of the Bennett Report was brought forward.
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The novel, with an official publication date of mid-June, should be in bookstores by the end of May.
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The new publication date of January, which will now become the norm, is the result of widespread demand from centres.
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Corrected stock will be sent out in time for a new publication date .
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Watch out for a change in publication dates for Courtauld News.
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Both journals, however, review books well after publication date .
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Two other valid criteria for weeding may be employed in conjunction with use and publication date .
radiocarbon
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This is most frequently applied to radiocarbon dates from tree-rings.
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To correct this error radiocarbon dates are calibrated by studying the difference between radiocarbon dates and tree-ring dates.
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The journal Radiocarbon publishes the most up-to-date curves which in principle permit the conversion of radiocarbon dates to calibrated dates.
rape
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The Government is considering new laws to counter date rape and to improve the way rape cases are handled.
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All freshmen who attend optional orientation sessions receive information on date rape .
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The tag is just as self-explanatory as date rape-if not more so.
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She talks about relationships and the dangers of date rape .
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Merrill points out that most often rape on college campuses is date rape, but that date rape is rape.
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The research on date rape has helped shape prevention programs, but with few results.
target
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The target date has now been moved to 1 January 1994.
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December 1998 is the target date for completion of all the improvements.
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The absence of a target date by which the Protestant/Catholic unemployment differential would be significantly reduced is partly explained by this.
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The target date to begin providing services is July.
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It may be that August 1 would now have to be a more realistic target date .
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Mr Mates replies that the target date for doing so at Belfast Prison is not until the year 2000.
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The long-awaited supercomputer had been promised for last year, but the target date was later pushed back to October 1993.
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The target date has been postponed to 2015.
■ VERB
fix
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She said she loved him, they said they loved him, but somehow nobody would fix a date for a marriage.
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He added that while Yeltsin is breathing somewhat easier than he had been, there is no fixed date for his discharge.
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Ernest's got to fix the date with the Registrar.
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This information also served as the basis for fixing with exactness the dates of major religious observances such as Easter.
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Nor is it so regular that we can trust to it altogether to fix the exact date of any given work.
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Trial was fixed for a later date .
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The court will either grant the request on written application or fix a date for hearing.
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They fixed a date for the weekend and he kissed her goodbye.
give
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Not giving dates lets the story have a more relaxed and timeless feel about it.
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They named names and gave dates .
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A single obsidian artifact can not be expected to give a reliable date .
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Volcanic rocks cool quickly, trap the argon, and so give good dates .
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Just before he left, Creed had given him the date .
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However, he declined to give the specific date , citing security concerns.
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They filed in, giving birth dates and names.
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The businessman leant across to an enormous, leather-bound diary and gave the date in early March.
issue
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Further details will be issued at a later date .
schedule
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They were despatched exactly to schedule and from that date further deliveries were also made exactly to programme.
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Put a price tag beside each tactic and schedule the date you hope to have that tactic accomplished successfully.
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S., it is economically impossible to produce extra copies after our scheduled publishing date .
set
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Under this pressure the Modrow government set an election date of 18 March 1990.
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The administration has 30 days to set a date for talks.
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We set a date for the following May and started making plans.
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After the initial excitement of announcing the engagement and setting a date , planning the event begins.
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Bureau of Prisons set the execution date Jan. 16 after he dropped all appeals.
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In general, you will find it easier to use T to set the date and time.
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Once the revised time schedule is established, the proposal writer should set his dates of completion for each task.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hot date
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It was like taking Warren Beatty and Sean Penn with you on a hot date.
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Now the single girl has even managed to score a hot date-through blatant flirting.
expiration date
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Beer makers such as Anheuser-Busch complained two years ago that the county was selling beer past its expiration date.
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Guidelines require that an expiration date appear on every page of an Internet-Draft.
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In August that year $ 25 million worth of vaccine was backlogged and in danger of passing its six-month expiration date.
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The expiration date is no more than fourteen days later than the date of grading.
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The certificate, which is good at any of the restaurants, has no expiration date.
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Winemakers, you already know that consumers need expiration dates on certain wines.
expiry date
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Check the expiry date on the packet.
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His defence, to start with, was the circular from the Tripoli Committee extending the expiry date on the milk.
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My Visa number is expiry date 09/94.
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Profit diagrams can only be intelligibly drawn for strategies involving investments with the same expiry dates.
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The block exemptions are subject to review, since they have expiry dates written in, but no substantial change is imminent.
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The company is currently seeking agreement, and an extension of its credit agreement beyond the current June 30 expiry date.
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These forms are filed alphabetically, the expiry date carefully noted and systematically cleared out after the expiry date has elapsed.
fix a time/date/place etc
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Before fixing a date do some research.
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Employers generally fix a time limit on the payment of these allowances.
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He added that while Yeltsin is breathing somewhat easier than he had been, there is no fixed date for his discharge.
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She said she loved him, they said they loved him, but somehow nobody would fix a date for a marriage.
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The court will either grant the request on written application or fix a date for hearing.
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The court will then fix a date for consideration and serve notice on the applicant.
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The court will usually fix a time limit for service when making directions and this must be complied with.
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They fixed a date for the weekend and he kissed her goodbye.
heavy date
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They mentioned that you and Anna walked a hundred miles and that you were following it up with a heavy date.
name the day/date
the name/date/title etc escapes sb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Snow White" had a December release date to capture the Christmas market.
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"What's the date today?" "September twenty-ninth."
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A date for his release has not yet been agreed.
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Are you sure these yoghurts are ok? Have you checked the expiry date ?
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Could I have your name and your date of birth please?
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Do you know the date when the house was built?
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Give me the dates of the American War of Independence.
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Have they set a date for the wedding yet?
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I later received confirmation of my new job in a letter indicating the start date .
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It helps if you provide your birth date and Social Security number.
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June 9th is the date of the European elections.
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Key in your credit card details, including the expiration date of the card.
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The date on the newspaper is October 12, 1966.
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The closing date for entries is 3 March 2001.
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Was that your first date ?
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We need to arrange a date for the next meeting.
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We still haven't received notification of the exam date .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Best when aged 3 to 5 years from vintage date .
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But analysts say such familiar complaints are largely out of date .
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In 1941, Roosevelt conceded failure and Congress summoned the courage to codify the date in law.
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It is a difficult date to establish and is not frequently used, although it appears on packaged dry yeast. 4.
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Starting dates, after two exceptionally early seasons, have returned to the more traditional early July point.
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The change in market value of certificates held at 31 December is simply the product of applying accrued interest at that date .
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You are still entitled to a dividend on the redemption date .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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Most of the alleged incidents occurred during 1985-89, with some dating back to the late 1970s.
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Around forty senior figures from the Catholic church attended the ceremony which dates back many centuries.
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Some of his compositions are based on songs dating back to the mid-fifteenth century.
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One dated back to 1994 and another regarded contracts from 1998 that had already been the focus of a Star expos.
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This case relied on law dating back to the 1870s.
to
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It dates to about 1780 and looks as if it has landed by magic carpet.
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The hoard can therefore be dated to about 625, some thirty years earlier than ha previously been thought.
■ NOUN
century
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It dates from mid-twelfth century and is nearly 50 feet high, built in six stages.
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This office dated from the twelfth century and had originally been mainly concerned with the administration of the rulers' demesne lands.
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According to an apocryphal work dating from the third century , Thomas's mission takes him even further.
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Its congregation dates back nearly a century more.
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It is a small Stately Home mostly dating from the eighteenth century , but bits of it go back to Elizabethan times.
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Its decisive decline is often said to have dated from the thirteenth century .
days
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It was dated three days before Riddle's disappearance.
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A letter dated two days from then.
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Voice over Dinmore Manor is on the site of a Knights Hospital dating back to the days of the crusades.
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The system is based on the view, dating from the days of elementary schools, that education is simple.
letter
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In 1884 a large cache of his letters dating from 1643 to 1648 was discovered, and some have been printed.
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The letter was dated November 1870.
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The letter was dated four weeks before.
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In a long blue-envelope letter to Dominy, dated February 3, 1965, Stamm delivered his report.
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As he wrote in a revealing letter dated 20 September 1963: To go there is to destroy the magic.
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A letter dated two days from then.
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The letter was dated Dec. 28, but was released by the group only yesterday.
method
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The precision of the method when used to date tooth enamel is in the order of 10-20 percent.
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Aiding his efforts was an improved method for dating rock known as uranium-lead isotope analysis.
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But they have also been-and to a limited extent still are-important as a method of relative dating .
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Other methods for dating rock art are being explored.
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Radiocarbon Dating Radiocarbon is the single most useful method of dating for the archaeologist.
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After this pretreatment, the sample is converted to a form suitable for the particular method of radiocarbon dating to be used.
period
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It is thought to date to the Hadrianic period .
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Spontaneous decay of radioactive atoms in rocks gives absolute ages that date the geologic periods and the origin of the Earth.
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This situation, although made worse by the war, was a cumulative problem dating from the period of colonial dependency.
radiocarbon
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Most errors in radiocarbon dating arise because the excavator has not fully understood the formation processes of the context in question.
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For direct archaeological applications, radiocarbon dating and tree-ring work are in general much more useful.
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In one comparative study, over 30 radiocarbon laboratories dated the same sample.
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After this pretreatment, the sample is converted to a form suitable for the particular method of radiocarbon dating to be used.
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Conventional radiocarbon dating normally requires sample sizes which will yield a minimum of 1 g of carbon.
times
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Some of these have rectangular layouts of streets which seem to date from late Saxon times , as at Winchester and Guildford.
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Tirthankaras, dating back to prehistoric times .
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This dated back to Roman times when bachelors led the bride to the ceremony and married men escorted her back.
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Meir Ahronson sat in an old armchair, a piece of furniture that dated back to the times of King Sobieski.
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Three interesting features inside are the box pews, the semi-circular altar rail, and the stone lectern dating from Norman times .
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According to other accounts, the Dositheans were a sect dating back to Maccabaean times .
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Its present course can almost certainly be dated from late Saxon times .
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They dated a few times but when she fell pregnant Ahmed abandoned her.
work
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Statistical accounts of those whose benefits have been cut under the Actively Seeking Work legislation to date were provided.
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In this anthology the earliest poems included were some previously unpublished works dating from 1916 to 1921.
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It is also unquestionably Banks' best work to date .
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The cost of the work to date has been about £150 million.
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Each Agency will make a brief presentation of its work to date and its plans for the future.
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According to an apocryphal work dating from the third century, Thomas's mission takes him even further.
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Again, this information was informative and served as a fairly comprehensive review of the work reported to date using these systems.
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The interior surfaces are painted with work dating mainly from 1815.
years
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On the Avon, some of the weirs date back 1,000 years and are in urgent need of restoration.
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Smith and Brye had reportedly been dating for several years before breaking off their relationship about two years ago.
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But not only does the framing of the existing social services date back twenty years already.
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Analysis is complicated by large and small scale cultural features which can date back several thousand years , even in remote areas.
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And that could mean the end for the peace camp which dates back eleven years .
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The history of wine dates back thousands of years and wild game has been on our tables since mankind searched for food.
■ VERB
bring
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Ethan Casey brings us up to date .
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Rod brought me up to date .
sign
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The drawing was signed and dated in the bottom right-hand comer.
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What kind of justice do we have in this country when a signed and dated letter offering a job means nothing?
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The report on title must be signed and dated and must indicate the completion date.
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The note was signed and dated by the chief agricultural officer, Mr Samuels.
start
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When he had first started dating his wife Debbie it certainly had been a bit gruesome.
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I tell her she should start dating , go out and have a good time.
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He has just started dating Natalie, one of the notorious Appleton sisters.
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He has looked a tremendous prospect on both starts to date , and will relish the extra furlong here.
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They've barely started dating , and they don't live together.
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Finally I backed off-and by then Natalia had started dating some one else and was through with me.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hot date
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It was like taking Warren Beatty and Sean Penn with you on a hot date.
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Now the single girl has even managed to score a hot date-through blatant flirting.
expiration date
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Beer makers such as Anheuser-Busch complained two years ago that the county was selling beer past its expiration date.
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Guidelines require that an expiration date appear on every page of an Internet-Draft.
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In August that year $ 25 million worth of vaccine was backlogged and in danger of passing its six-month expiration date.
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The expiration date is no more than fourteen days later than the date of grading.
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The certificate, which is good at any of the restaurants, has no expiration date.
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Winemakers, you already know that consumers need expiration dates on certain wines.
expiry date
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Check the expiry date on the packet.
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His defence, to start with, was the circular from the Tripoli Committee extending the expiry date on the milk.
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My Visa number is expiry date 09/94.
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Profit diagrams can only be intelligibly drawn for strategies involving investments with the same expiry dates.
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The block exemptions are subject to review, since they have expiry dates written in, but no substantial change is imminent.
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The company is currently seeking agreement, and an extension of its credit agreement beyond the current June 30 expiry date.
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These forms are filed alphabetically, the expiry date carefully noted and systematically cleared out after the expiry date has elapsed.
heavy date
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They mentioned that you and Anna walked a hundred miles and that you were following it up with a heavy date.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Certain styles of music will never date , and will always be popular.
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His furniture designs have hardly dated at all.
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How long have Paul and Sue been dating?
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I thought we were just friends, but when I started dating other men, he suddenly got really jealous.
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Oh, I forgot to date the check.
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Scientists have not yet dated the human remains found at these megalithic sites.
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The internal memo, dated November 13, was from Watkins.
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The trouble with high fashion clothes is that they date very quickly.
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What is a man his age doing dating a 17-year-old?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His first publications date from work carried out there.
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In this way, the felling date for that piece of timber can usually be dated to within a year.
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She was in violation of some deal they had which dated from the moment they agreed to combine households.
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The corresponding language of the guarantee and debenture dated 6 June 1985 is somewhat different.
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The Los Angeles Times is not responsible for changes in prices, dates or itineraries.
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This free-scrolling handle, dating from about 1740, was known as a flying scroll handle.