How to Use time capsule in a Sentence

time capsule

noun
Definition of time capsulenext
  • There was no cost to the city for the time capsule, according to the city.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The place is a 1970s disco time capsule, and is a spectacle, to say the least.
    — Lauren Yoshiko, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2023
  • The school made a video to celebrate the time capsule’s burial.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • In Dothan, first-graders filled a time capsule with notes and letters.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The space stood empty in the meantime, a time capsule from a simpler world.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • There were more than a dozen messages, each a time capsule from a lost life.
    — Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Scraping away the layer revealed the top of a metal box, just the right size to be the time capsule.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The best red-carpet dresses of 2022 can also serve as a time capsule for the year.
    — Glamour, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Bring items to contribute to a leap day time capsule, to be opened in four years.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Hidden in the bottom half of the trophy is a hole that has become a time capsule.
    — Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2022
  • There was no cost to the city for the time capsule, according to city officials.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The elusive time capsule has been an intriguing epilogue to the saga of the statue.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Chamber members are invit4ed to join for a happy hour and toast to the time capsule on May 11 at Behind the Woods.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Remove the iPhone gripped in Depp’s hand, and this photo is like opening a time capsule.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Questions or suggestions for the time capsule can be sent to southmilwaukee125@gmail.com.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
  • There has always been a range of meanings, and purposes, attached to the idea of a time capsule.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Filled with 12 prompts, this letter book acts as a paper time capsule.
    — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
  • If that’s the case, the distinct layers could act like a planetary time capsule, Phạm says.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In some regards, jeen-yus is a time capsule of the life and career of a man who has done so much — for better or for worse.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Essence, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Best of all, this album becomes a time capsule and an heirloom to pass down.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The plan is to keep the song in the time capsule until the 30th anniversary of the resort, at which time Parton will be (fingers crossed) 99 years old.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The time capsule was built and donated by Dave and Jenny Marrs of Bentonville.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • What a strange time capsule of a movie this is for several people in front of and behind the camera.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
  • These are styles that don’t stay locked in a time capsule, though; many of them can be seen worn on today’s roster of actors.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Brumfield’s work led state officials to scour the Lee statue for a time capsule.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • That's not all: As the camera panned back up, Henning spotted what was likely a time capsule.
    — Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • Brumfield suspected the other time capsule was still in the pedestal.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Just last week, historians were let down by another time capsule found in the pedestal of the Robert E. Lee.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The receiving station was a near-pristine time capsule.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
  • And unlike time capsules, they weren’t intended to be opened or retrieved later.
    — Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 26 Apr. 2024

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