predating

"His appointment was deemed suitable"

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

"I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!"

"to designate the boundaries of a country"

"The objectives of the project were never fully realized."

"The invention of the calculator made math homework much faster. "

"Professor Smith, the head of the history department, gave a fascinating lecture on the Roman Empire. "

"This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee."

"The postdate on the check made it invalid; it was cashed after the date written on it. "

"The microwave oven uses electromagnetic microwaves to heat food quickly. "

"The strong contrast between the bright red of the firetruck and the dark blue of the police car made them easily distinguishable. "