space-time
noun
ˈspās-ˈtīm 
ˈspās-ˌtīm
1
: a system of one temporal and three spatial coordinates by which any physical object or event can be located
called also space-time continuum
2
: the whole or a portion of physical reality determinable by a usually four-dimensional coordinate system
also
: the properties characteristic of such an order
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While the White House has not issued a formal clarification, the speech's wording suggests the phrase was metaphorical—intended to refer to the transformative nature of modern innovation, not literal manipulation of space-time, or the invention of time travel.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
So there is a certain amount of controversy attached to this idea that gravity and space-time emerge from quantum entanglement.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Things get even more heated when the characters burst into a series of sweltering original songs at the Juke, creating an orgiastic — even religious — fever strong enough to rip the space-time continuum apart at the seams.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
There’s a fun hypothetical title game to bend space-time: Phi Slama Jama versus Billy Donovan’s back-to-back champs.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
So there is a certain amount of controversy attached to this idea that gravity and space-time emerge from quantum entanglement.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Things get even more heated when the characters burst into a series of sweltering original songs at the Juke, creating an orgiastic — even religious — fever strong enough to rip the space-time continuum apart at the seams.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
There’s a fun hypothetical title game to bend space-time: Phi Slama Jama versus Billy Donovan’s back-to-back champs.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Space-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space-time. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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