time loop

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time loop

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From time + loop.

noun time loops

A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken. Edge Of Tomorrow, Doug Liman’s click-clacky sci-fi take on Groundhog Day, stars Tom Cruise as a smarmy press flack who gets stuck in a time loop during an alien invasion.

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noun time loop

Español	bucle temporal
Deutsch	Zeitschleife

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@misc{time_loop_2026,
  title = {time loop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/time%20loop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}