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noun

ˈtāp How to pronounce tape (audio)
Definition of tapenext
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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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of tape
Noun
But the common theme on tape is his balance through engagement. — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 30 July 2026 Aerial footage also showed an LAPD presence and police tape at the Shell gas station up the street, near Venice Boulevard, from where the shooting happened. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Verb
After taping six episodes of the comedy, it was canceled just two weeks before it was set to air. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 So just had to go in the back, get taped and then adrenaline is the best drug, so didn’t really feel it during the game. — Cal Phillips, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tape
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
  1. videotape
  2. rope
  3. video
  4. cord
  5. wire
  6. bandage
  7. loop
  8. chain
Noun
  • Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of videotape
Verb
  • Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of rope
Noun
  • Cameras are located inside the room, and investigators obtained a search warrant to try and get video evidence of Riley allegedly assaulting the children.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • TikTok Shop beauty sales exploded during the first quarter of 2026, growing more than 80%, according to Tubefilter, a digital media company that covers the creator economy, YouTube, and the online video industry.
    — Howard Cohen July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of video
Verb
  • Settings and controls Many electric or corded heating pads come with some type of temperature control, either through a remote or on the pad.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Electric snow blowers are corded and good for clearing light to moderate snow off patios, porches, walkways, and small-to-medium-size driveways.
    — Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of cord
Verb
  • And what comes through the social gate is going to wire that child’s brain.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • One major market is treating the synthetic dollar as an unregistered security; another is wiring it into the plumbing of a half-trillion-dollar asset manager.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • Colorado Public Radio News reported that the woman injured in Aurora, 22-year-old Emma Landis, was pictured walking on crutches with her lower-right leg bandaged and returned to an anti-ICE demonstration outside the Aurora facility on Sunday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
  • After the mob boss attack, his bloodied, bandaged look in a hospital bed evokes classic Invisible Man, while a more convenient mask later on feels more akin to House of Wax.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Definition of bandage
Verb
  • In this way, users could loop one end around the frame, rear wheel, and an adjacent immovable object (such as a sign post), while looping the other end around the front wheel.
    — Ben Coxworth July 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • Bend your right knee toward your chest, then loop the resistance band around the sole of your foot, holding the ends in each hand.
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 7 July 2026
Definition of loop
Verb
  • Mythos, for example, is able to chain together a string of bugs that build on one another, meaning that the low- and moderate-severity vulnerabilities that remain unpatched could create an opening to carry out devastating attacks.
    — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 29 July 2026
  • The threat landscape is evolving rapidly, as demonstrated by the Hugging Face breach where AI models chained vulnerabilities.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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