idea dates back from

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• The idea of democracy dates back from ancient Greece.
• This architectural idea dates back from the 18th century.
• Does the idea of universal healthcare really date back from the post-war era?
• His revolutionary idea for the engine dated back from a sketch he made in his youth.
• The idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun dates back from a time when such thoughts were heresy.
• While it seems modern, the core idea dates back from the early 1900s.
• The foundational idea behind this theory dates back from the Renaissance.
• It's hard to pinpoint when, but the idea certainly dates back from before the industrial revolution.
• The very idea of a personal communicator dates back from science fiction of the 1950s.
• The controversial idea of gene editing dates back from the discovery of DNA.