tape recording

Definition of tape recordingnext
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 Friend recalls song about pain A childhood friend, Eduardo Colon, testified about a tape recording of Banegas singing about his struggles. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for tape recording
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape recording
Noun
  • The hires of Brown and Walker come as YouTube audiences increasingly turn to the TV set to consume the Google-owner video service.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Today’s Theme This puzzle narrates a breakdown in communication that takes place, presumably, on a video call.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • This remake of the Japanese horror hit Ringu stars Naomi Watts as a Seattle reporter whose 8-year-old son (David Dorfman) watches a cursed videotape that marks him for death in seven days.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026
  • And in the mid-1990s, talk show host Phil Donahue, who opposed the death penalty, tried to get approval to show an execution videotape on live TV.
    — Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The small aircraft was seen just off the road and burnt out, while red scene tape was set up to cordon off the area.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There was plenty of archives to work with, as Carroll was a pack rat with a robust archive full of audio tapes of interviews from McCalls, NBC, and others.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recording. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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