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date 
n. (usually plural) Obs. a news dispatch (of a specified date).
- 1798 The London dates in the New York Papers, reach down to the first October.
- 1828 Our latest dates are from Liverpool, to 28th April, but they did not contain any very important news.
- 1875 Dates from Long Island to the 27th ult. say that fishing has somewhat improved from that place south--with a very fine prospect of herring.
- 1798 The London dates in the New York Papers, reach down to the first October.