tape recording

noun

: magnetic recording on magnetic tape
also : a recording made by this process

Examples of tape recording in a Sentence

a tape recording of the concert the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances
Recent Examples on the Web Actual tape recordings of Crocker and her buddies recorded 30 years ago are played during the show and the actors hired to re-create their quirky personalities are excellent. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024 Kremer met with Nono and improvised music which Nono reassembled into an 8-track tape recording. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024 With the help of tape recordings and agents from FBI offices here and elsewhere, Balistrieri was caught, convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison for extortion and other crimes. Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024 In the 1974 case involving then-President Richard Nixon and a subpoena for tape recordings issued during the Watergate investigation, the Supreme Court granted the government's request to resolve the dispute one week after it was filed, and issued a decision less than two months later. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2023 In 1961, for a conference convened by Lefebvre himself, the S.I. submitted a tape recording—attending would have suggested a sniveling reverence for expertise. Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023 His identity was discovered after a Russian intelligence officer handed over a file containing a trash bag with Hanssen's fingerprints and a tape recording of his voice. Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 5 June 2023 In early 1993, the couple's affair was confirmed when a tape recording of an inappropriate phone conversation between the pair that took place in 1989 was leaked, creating scandal for the royal family. Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2022 But because tape has now disappeared completely from consumer-level products, most people are unaware of its existence, let alone of the tremendous advances that tape recording technology has made in recent years and will continue to make for the foreseeable future. Mark Lantz, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tape recording was in 1940

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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20recording. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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