time travel

American

noun

hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.

Example Sentences

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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

Please don’t hop in your time travel machine and spoil what happens next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

This would mean that any time travel would be confined to the future.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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