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teleport

[tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈtɛl əˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /
VERB
travel without physically crossing the distance
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We may not be able to teleport, either physically or via hologram, but we can Zoom or video chat with pretty much anyone anywhere.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

First, they decided to ignore outlandish algorithms that would try to teleport to random points in the graph in hopes of stumbling upon the exit.

From Scientific American Sep. 27, 2023

The founder of the Michigan-based technology company Aperture Science, he’s invented a portal gun that allows people to teleport to various locations.

From Science Magazine Jan. 19, 2023

Hundreds of these “quantum” science videos claim that quantum cosmology allows humans to literally teleport between different realities or communicate telepathically with their past and future selves.

From Slate Oct. 20, 2022

“I suppose you’ll want to teleport to the future too, in a few years.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Then, in a very early area, you can encounter an item that teleports you to a new location.

From The Verge Apr. 4, 2022

Opened by Franco Noriega and Milan Kelez in 2016, this West Village hot spot teleports you to a tropical oasis thanks to the vibrant greenery, strong cocktails, and live Latin music.

From Fox News Feb. 13, 2022

"You got some kind of food or something that just teleports you right back home, makes you feel all warm and fuzzy?"

From Salon Nov. 6, 2021

The real treat is how the food teleports me back to the memory of my grandmothers’ meals.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2021

BOTHA: Unfortunately, there’s no way for us to know what is or is not for the global good until someone actually teleports, which could, theoretically, destroy life as we know it.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

For the first time, they successfully teleported the polarization state of a single photon from one quantum dot to another that was physically separated.

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2026

Arriving there, I always felt like it was like being teleported to ancient Delhi, or that I’d died and this was one of three potential afterlives.

From Salon Jan. 2, 2024

In the first two weeks alone, readers teleported in to Seattle’s library from all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

From Seattle Times May 13, 2023

"People aren't used to putting a headset on their face and being completely immersed and teleported to another location or experience, and some people feel vulnerable doing that," she adds.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2021

I’d already teleported to his character and was trapped in a loading screen.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

And he had saved many sailors by flying through the sky to their aid during storms, calming the waves, trimming the sails, grasping the drowning by their hair and teleporting them to land.

From Slate Dec. 15, 2024

"In virtual environments, teleportation can lead to reduced spatial awareness, forcing users to reorient themselves after teleporting and can cause them to miss important elements in their surroundings," says Medlar.

From Science Daily May 14, 2024

She recently told olympics.org that if she could pick a superpower, “I think teleporting would be real cool.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2023

In a show that features everyday encounters with sex ghosts, time travel and a non-binary hero who is teleporting a community sheltering extraordinary outcasts, ravenous zombie butts are on brand.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2022

Sure, he did a lot of teleporting around the OASIS, completing quests and leveling up his avatar, but he didn’t actually know anything.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline



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