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
  • But Mars is a kind of time capsule, a tableau of the way the planet used to be.
    — Sarah Scoles, Wired, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Want to create a fun and easy time capsule of the world each week?
    — courant.com, 4 June 2021
  • The time capsule was found in the tower of the pedestal about 20 feet above ground level.
    — David Williams, CNN, 22 Dec. 2021
  • 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 bottom line: Put the Times piece and this column in a time capsule.
    — Axios, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Patrick Nugent has been at the forefront of the time capsule.
    — Olivia Green, baltimoresun.com, 29 July 2021
  • Fall 1993: The Pearsons bury a time capsule at the cabin.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • The school made a video to celebrate the time capsule’s burial.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Why was Slash living in a time capsule for all of those years?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2021
  • In Dothan, first-graders filled a time capsule with notes and letters.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], 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
  • The time capsule was buried in 1974 in a concrete vault, Shimits said.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 20 July 2021
  • 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 Sum of All Fears is a great time capsule of action-thrillers released in the early 2000s.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 18 Sep. 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
  • Rent is, in many ways, a time capsule of a different era.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The eclectic mix keeps the house from feeling like a time capsule—and that’s entirely the point.
    — Jen Fernandez, House Beautiful, 18 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Later in the day, officials will bury a time capsule near the Turnaround to be opened in 2121.
    — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Remove the iPhone gripped in Depp’s hand, and this photo is like opening a time capsule.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
  • To be a part of a historical time capsule was huge for us.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Questions or suggestions for the time capsule can be sent to [email protected].
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The Caruso Suite feels like a time capsule, with the famed tenor’s piano, antiques, and black-and-white photographs of him.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
  • The anthem climbed the charts globally, while its video became a ‘90s time capsule.
    — Leena Tailor, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2024

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