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time travel

American  

noun

  1. hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.


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Paul Monash, the producer of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” which was based on Kurt Vonnegut’s acclaimed novel about World War II and time travel, directed the screen test.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

OK, but you mentioned time travel and ancient supertech?

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

This form of memory enables individuals to mentally revisit moments from their lives, often described as "mental time travel."

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

Rather, his "time travel" videos have earned him nearly 600,000 subscribers and tens of millions of views.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Unlike us, Mayhem used pieced-together equipment that often didn’t allow them to time travel with the precision that we did, and, of course, they didn’t have Chaos Cuffs.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin