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Examples of audiotape in a Sentence
The program was recorded on audiotape.
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With an alacrity in stark contrast to the 21st-century, less than three weeks later the justices ruled, unanimously, that the president must abide by a special prosecutor’s subpoena and turn over audiotapes related to Watergate.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
The House Judiciary Committee's lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington is the latest escalation in the fight over the audiotapes of Hur's interview with the president and the ghostwriter of his book, Mark Zwonitzer.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 1 July 2024
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Justice Department has declined to pursue a criminal case against Attorney General Merrick Garland, just days after House Republicans voted to hold him in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena for audiotapes of President Biden.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 June 2024
House Republicans voted this month to hold Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over audiotapes of special counsel Robert K. Hur’s interview with Biden during an investigation last year into the president’s handling of classified documents.
—David Nakamura, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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First Known Use
1951, in the meaning defined above
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“Audiotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audiotape. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
audiotape
noun
au·dio·tape
ˈȯd-ē-ō-ˌtāp
: a tape recording of sound
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