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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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Digital media and the people who star in it have been cultural mainstays for teens’ entire lives, so creating social media, video or podcast content seems a natural, albeit nontraditional, career path.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Flooding pours into Indiana homes and businesses Photos and videos out of Indiana show scenes of destruction as floodwater rushed into homes and businesses, leaving them in shambles.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of video

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Those stories took on new significance when Kennedy pulled out decades-old videotapes documenting their encounters.

— Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
What follows is impalement and orgasm in the same instant—one spear through both women, blood passing from Billy’s mouth onto Kris’s upturned face—and when their breathing stops, the hole at the bottom of the lake pushes out a fresh videotape.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of videotape

Noun

Adam Scott’s daughter got a taste of reality when her dad’s audition tape was shown in her acting class.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Uniformed police and National Guard troops converged on the scene, which was cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape, keeping visitors away.

— Reuters, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026

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