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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The building, which people who have toured it described as a time capsule with bullet holes and bloodstains still visible, was closed after the shooting and fenced off as crime scene evidence.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
Beneath the sounds of airplanes landing at the nearby Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and beside the growl of cars on College Avenue is a time capsule of trees and foliage.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
There’s something exhilarating and also a little bizarre about Tommy as both time capsule and time traveler.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
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
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Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
Beneath the sounds of airplanes landing at the nearby Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and beside the growl of cars on College Avenue is a time capsule of trees and foliage.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
There’s something exhilarating and also a little bizarre about Tommy as both time capsule and time traveler.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
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
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“Time capsule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20capsule. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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