as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot
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Recent Examples of tape
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
The problem area has been cleared and roped off with yellow caution tape, and there is a visible dip in the floor.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Morning Star was recorded straight to tape on a Portastudio in Stockholm and Marchenko’s current home of Berlin, cloaking everything in a thin mist of hiss.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
On the other side, a layer of Kapton tape expands.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
The problem area has been cleared and roped off with yellow caution tape, and there is a visible dip in the floor.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Verb
Voiceover artists, who don’t own their own sound studios, need to tape when ambient noise is at a minimum.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Morning Star was recorded straight to tape on a Portastudio in Stockholm and Marchenko’s current home of Berlin, cloaking everything in a thin mist of hiss.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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Even then, the process was far more complicated for users than videotape recording.—
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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Even then, the process was far more complicated for users than videotape recording.—
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
Verb
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There’s a big frontier out there to conquer, and Courseau is now enough of a cowboy to rope it, brand it, and ride it into the sunset.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The lawsuit has also roped in debate over the bureau’s February 2026 policy, which the government contends has replaced earlier guidance issued under an executive order that Lamberth initially enjoined last June.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Also hands-on video creation experience.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Police in New York City are investigating after several people were caught on surveillance video this week going into the sewer via a manhole and emerging hours later.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
Verb
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The Colorado Avalanche entered the Western Conference final with an aura of near invincibility after leading the NHL wire to wire, and cruising through the first two rounds in just nine games.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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That hormones shape our moods and feelings, wire our brains and guide numerous, diverse processes throughout the body means that the practice of endocrinology is not based around any particular organ.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Paramedics bandaged and dressed the boy's wounds as Caprio learned another child was also bleeding lower on the steps.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Some come out the other side of illness, but most loop through an unpredictable whirlpool, at times within sight of shore, at other moments spinning back out to sea.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In the months since the warehouse purchase, DHS has failed to loop Social Circle officials into the planning conversations, the town says.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Boxes are typically bolted into concrete or chained in place.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Mythos, the existence of which was first reported by Fortune in March, is notable for its coding and cyber capabilities, including the ability to find vulnerabilities in existing software and chain these vulnerabilities together to execute sophisticated cyber attacks.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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