tape

Noun His eyeglasses are held together with tape. The show was recorded on tape. I was listening to a tape in the car. She stuck a tape in the VCR. Verb She taped a note to the refrigerator. I taped the box shut. The show is taped before a live audience.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Hatch then says that, days before he was scheduled to fly to Fiji, where the show tapes, he was cut from the lineup. — Alex Rees, Time, "Survivor's New Season Brings Back Many of the Show's Most Influential Winners. Where Is Original Champion Richard Hatch?," 12 Feb. 2020 In a case of clear, serious criminal conduct, for example, if a president refused to turn over material evidence — e.g., if Nixon had destroyed rather than surrendered the tapes — that would warrant impeachment. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "In Impeachment’s Obstruction Dispute, Dissembling by Both Sides," 24 Jan. 2020 Use the extra-strong double-sided tape to adhere the center of one wall plate to the flat top of each of the plungers on the two helping syringes. — Scientific American, "Lift a Large Load Using Liquids," 23 Jan. 2020 The tape has both Imperial and Metric measurements along the top and bottom, with 0.065-inch intervals. — Popular Science, "Moving out? Tape measures to help set up your new space," 10 Jan. 2020 The files have also spawned this series, as well as a podcast, in which Bolles tells his own story through audio from the tapes. — AZCentral.com, "Don Bolles files: The scheme to let racehorses choose winners in a state lottery," 12 Dec. 2019 With a few pieces of tape, a stop sign was altered so a deep learning system mistook it for a speed limit. — Gary Marcus, STAT, "Advancing AI in health care: It’s all about trust," 23 Oct. 2019 Walker is a 3-star recruit, according to 247Sports Composite rankings, but flashes athleticism on tape and is listed at a stout 6-3, 230 pounds. — Dallas News, "Breaking down Oklahoma’s recruiting class: Sooners’ best signee, diamond in the rough, and overall grade," 5 Feb. 2020 Sometimes Elizabeth listens to books on tape to pass the time. 4:15 p.m. — Gabrielle Farrell, refinery29.com, "5 Days On The Campaign Trail With Elizabeth Warren’s Press Secretary," 30 Jan. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb How to Paint Walls Use painter’s tape to tape off all trimwork, outlets, and other permanent structures. — Chelsea Evers, Country Living, "Here's How to Paint a Wall, Including all the Materials You'll Need," 12 Dec. 2019 Yeah, that's probably a pretty good incentive not to tape conversations. — NBC News, "Transcript: Party Lines," 4 Nov. 2019 Yes, anyone with basic motor skills can tape a banana to the wall. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "The $120,000 Art Basel Banana, Explained," 10 Dec. 2019 High ankle sprains, in general, are more feared than low ankle sprains and are harder to tape/support for return to play. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Mahomes aggravates high ankle sprain; prognosis still better than for Barkley, Green," 7 Oct. 2019 Trebek continued to tape episodes for season 35, which featured James Holzhauer's remarkable run while undergoing treatment in the spring. — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, "Alex Trebek Returning to 'Jeopardy!' Five Months After Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis," 29 Aug. 2019 Staff who handle records have had to retrieve the burn bags from the residence, put the papers out on a table and tape them back together to preserve them as official presidential records, this person said. — Washington Post, "Anatomy of the phone call now imperiling Trump’s presidency," 12 Oct. 2019 Staff who handle records have had to retrieve the burn bags from the residence, put the papers out on a table and tape them back together to preserve them as official presidential records, this person said. — Anchorage Daily News, "Anatomy of the phone call now imperiling Trump’s presidency," 12 Oct. 2019 Take the other two cups and tape them together with their tops facing each other. — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, "Train Wheel Science," 12 Sep. 2019

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