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time travel

American  

noun

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


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Honestly, the only person who appears incapable of time travel at this point is Jamie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

The event, advertised as “a conference for thoughtcrime,” had speakers discuss their most contrarian ideas, from time travel and aliens to immortality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

One can therefore ask: does quantum theory allow time travel on a macroscopic scale, which people could use?

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

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