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time travel

American  

noun

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


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Dementia can make patients angry, or placid, or childlike, or even seem to time travel in their minds to where they believe they are children again.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Obviously, Cramer’s claims, which hang on cloning and time travel, are out there.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s not time travel so much as it is tapping into a second sight.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

By the time travel giant Priceline bought OpenTable in 2014, it served more than 30,000 restaurants and was valued at $2.6 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Otto kept a tight grip on his precious time travel device.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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