: a hypothetical device that permits travel into the past and future
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His time machine is constructed from a see-through raincoat, an angry piggy backpack, a bunch of wires and tubes, and every sci-fi-looking gizmo and doodad the prop department could hot-glue to it.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026 There is perhaps no sport that is more in thrall to the dictates of orthodoxy than baseball, which is so steeped in tradition that a visit to the ballpark is often a bit like hopping into a time machine.—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026 Locals come for thick burgers, milkshakes, and the feeling of stepping into a time machine.—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026 In 1985, Marty McFly (played by Lucas Hallauer) is a skateboarding high schooler who is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time machine — ensconced in a DeLorean sports car — by nutty off-the-books scientist Doc Brown (David Josefsberg).—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for time machine