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tape recording

noun

Definition of tape recording

as in video

a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances

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Recent Examples of tape recording Dowd spent a month with her brother’s team as research and worked from tape recordings sent by Ned and his teammates to craft the dialogue in her slice-of-life screenplay. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025 In July, the DOJ released a tape recording of the camera in his prison cell leading to allegations there were some missing minutes, three according to an examination of the metadata by Wired. — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025 In the doc, interviews with Kinkade’s family, including his four daughters and ex-wife, archival home videos and tape recordings, as well as dark paintings from his early career, help to shed light on the man behind the brand. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025 What ultimately seems far more intriguing and indisputable is that Joule has tape recordings of conversations with Bacon about a range of topics. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tape recording

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Noun

Cameras are located inside the room, and investigators obtained a search warrant to try and get video evidence of Riley allegedly assaulting the children.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 31 July 2026
TikTok Shop beauty sales exploded during the first quarter of 2026, growing more than 80%, according to Tubefilter, a digital media company that covers the creator economy, YouTube, and the online video industry.

— Howard Cohen July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of video

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Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Definition of videotape

Noun

Strip away the nostalgia framing and what’s left is a generation adapting to scarcity, and a slow-motion shift into retirement like the fadeout on a cassette tape.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 July 2026
His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

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