time capsule
noun
1
: a container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited (as in a cornerstone) for preservation until discovery by some future age
2
: something resembling a time capsule
sunken vessels are archaeological time capsules—
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Every other member of the Vandals looks like a factory worker or a genuinely feral fringe-dweller on a bender, all the better to immerse you in this Kodachrome time capsule.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
The sandwich arrives on a paper plate in a restaurant that is also a time capsule of another, more golden time.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
Jean-Luc Godard, 1966) Hardy really only has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in Godard’s time capsule of French youth during the 1960s, but her presence in the film functions as a meta-commentary on the absurdness of the moment, with her playing wife to an army officer.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 June 2024
Writer-director Stephen Gaghan’s ensemble drama is in many ways a time capsule from 2005, down to its sprawling cast of bold-faced names and the era’s vogue for watching far-flung, seemingly disparate characters collide.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
The sandwich arrives on a paper plate in a restaurant that is also a time capsule of another, more golden time.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
Jean-Luc Godard, 1966) Hardy really only has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in Godard’s time capsule of French youth during the 1960s, but her presence in the film functions as a meta-commentary on the absurdness of the moment, with her playing wife to an army officer.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 June 2024
Writer-director Stephen Gaghan’s ensemble drama is in many ways a time capsule from 2005, down to its sprawling cast of bold-faced names and the era’s vogue for watching far-flung, seemingly disparate characters collide.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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“Time capsule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20capsule. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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