time machine

noun

: a hypothetical device that permits travel into the past and future

Examples of time machine in a Sentence

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Originally from the year 2121, the family is stranded on Earth in 2004 after their time machine malfunctions during a family vacation. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025 Like entering a time machine, Fields went from living without Internet for more than two decades to being thrust into a society dependent on mobile apps and social media for everyday life. Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024 The architecture and history nerd in me was satisfied too, thanks to the Art Nouveau History Center (located in a 1907 pharmacy), where visitors enter a time machine that recounts the story of the town’s rebuilding after a devastating fire. Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024 But First … Issue The View from Here Would a time machine have helped thwart Trump’s re-election? airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for time machine 

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of time machine was in 1894

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“Time machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20machine. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

time machine

noun
: a fictional machine that allows one to travel backward or forward in time
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