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Examples of time machine in a Sentence
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Both the styles and the prices feel like a time machine traveling back to 1967—but only for 20 minutes, give or take.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Hart Plaza turned into a nostalgic, neon time machine on Saturday.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The dramatic manner of the simulated documentary, the way its cinematic forms spotlight characters’ affects, is similarly uncanny, as if recovered by time machine from the period in question.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
Atkinson both sends up and deepens stock characters like the vicar, who here has lost his faith; a major who doesn’t feel cut out for civilian life; and the batty lady of the manor, who appears to have arrived via time machine from the Victorian era.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
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“Time machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20machine. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
time machine
noun
: a fictional machine that allows one to travel backward or forward in time
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