reel-to-reel
adjective
: of, relating to, or utilizing magnetic tape that requires threading on a take-up reel
a reel-to-reel tape recorder
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Krapp emerges onstage, coughing and doddering, into a dusty study and sits down at a desk to rehearse an annual ritual: recording a monologue on a chunky, reel-to-reel tape recorder.
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Houman Barekat, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Only about 20 people sat in the audience, but one of them—Dylan’s first manager, Terri Thal—had a boxy Ampex reel-to-reel recording device with her, according to the New York Times’ Colin Moynihan.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Of course, that doesn’t include the cost of a working reel-to-reel machine, which, if eBay is any guide, could add a few hundred or a few thousand dollars.
—Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Galileo had been built in the eighties and used a reel-to-reel memory system.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
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Houman Barekat, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Only about 20 people sat in the audience, but one of them—Dylan’s first manager, Terri Thal—had a boxy Ampex reel-to-reel recording device with her, according to the New York Times’ Colin Moynihan.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Of course, that doesn’t include the cost of a working reel-to-reel machine, which, if eBay is any guide, could add a few hundred or a few thousand dollars.
—Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Galileo had been built in the eighties and used a reel-to-reel memory system.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for reel-to-reel
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“Reel-to-reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reel-to-reel. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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