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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The family home was filled with music, and the brothers taught themselves to play and recorded songs on a reel-to-reel tape recorder.
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The museum is moving into the digital age, and the final reel-to-reel viewings are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
The theater is partnering with Magna-Tech Electronic Company to install a dual projection system, which allows for reel-to-reel projection and gives Screenland the ability to show both new and collector’s film prints.
—Joseph Hernandez
august 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
And Scher had the proof: the Ampex reel-to-reel tape the custodian had made of the show, handed over to Scher as promised.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The museum is moving into the digital age, and the final reel-to-reel viewings are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
The theater is partnering with Magna-Tech Electronic Company to install a dual projection system, which allows for reel-to-reel projection and gives Screenland the ability to show both new and collector’s film prints.
—Joseph Hernandez
august 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
And Scher had the proof: the Ampex reel-to-reel tape the custodian had made of the show, handed over to Scher as promised.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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