"wayback machine" meaning in English

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          "text": "I can't set Mr. Peabody's wayback machine to July 1, 1863, and take my entire class of fifth graders on a field trip to show them what the Battle of Gettysburg was like. I don't have a wayback machine.",
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          "ref": "2014, Michael Waldman, The Second Amendment: A Biography, page 111",
          "text": "Reduced to its core, originalism promises that judges can ride a constitutional wayback machine, taking orders from the esteemed Founders.",
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          "ref": "2014, Michael Mowbray, Shoot to Thrill: Speedlight Flash Techniques for Photographers",
          "text": "So let's set the wayback machine to 2009 to show an example of what I was doing back then.",
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