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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
Testing by Adam Dolge at Food & Wine found that covering the stem end of a grocery store tomato with tape kept it from spoiling the longest, a full 9 days, while other methods lasted 6 days or less. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026 Molaei said do not put a tick on tape or in a liquid to be tested. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
After a nine-year absence, the show returned in 2024 as a four-episode series hosted by Mike Epps, taped at Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Weekend in Las Vegas. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 June 2026 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 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
  • Witness accounts describe chaotic scene In the video, as many as five officers can be seen, and shrieks, screams, and cries are heard.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Surveillance video of the incident shows the white vehicle involved in the collision sideswiping a car in the opposite lane, then careening toward the crosswalk that moments earlier a pedestrian had entered with a dog.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Aug. 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
  • Your job is to wire them together with feedback loops that lead to innovation.
    — Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • And what comes through the social gate is going to wire that child’s brain.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • Doctors removed the pole, bandaged him up and Cifaldi was back at work this week.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Her wrists were bandaged and a sterile pad was placed on her neck, Dougherty said.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 30 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
  • These can be chained to separate authentication bypasses and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • OpenAI said the models discovered multiple novel vulnerabilities in software from both companies, then chained together working exploits, successfully gaining them access to the answer key to the test they were given.
    — Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of chain

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