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time capsule ‎(plural time capsules)

1. A sealed container, buried at some location, that contains records of contemporary life - to be rediscovered in the distant future.
2. (figuratively) Something reflecting an historical setting by its nature, existing out of time due to isolation or some specific external influence.
   • 2011, Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, p. 135

     As we've seen, Belarus is a Soviet time capsule that continues only because Russia is keeping it on life support.

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