rewind
Example Sentences
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The accumulated mutations serve as a clock that, if calibrated with known dates, can be rewound to pinpoint the dates of divergences.
From Science Magazine
Zeitzer is a scientific adviser for a sleep mask that flashes light through the eyelids in the wee hours of the morning, just enough to rewind the brain’s clock without waking its wearer until sunrise.
From Washington Post
We meet the principals, see the murder, then rewind to the moment Charlie wanders into the frame.
From Washington Post
The feckless Kash uses his ability to rewind short segments of time to dodge responsibilities and postpone a reckoning in his relationship.
From New York Times
It is a rearrangement of Belle and Sebastian’s grand trick of freezing time and space: now, it seems, Murdoch finds himself concerned with fondly rewinding the temporal tape.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
