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
Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 May 2026
Several blocks around the Islamic center remained cordoned off with yellow police tape on the afternoon of the shooting.
—James Powel, USA Today, 19 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
Police tape outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Tuesday.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 May 2026
Several blocks around the Islamic center remained cordoned off with yellow police tape on the afternoon of the shooting.
—James Powel, USA Today, 19 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,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
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His film Ring, directed by Hideo Nakata, centered on a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after watching it.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Gracie Oliveira drove in a run with a single, Hebert roped a RBI double and Jay Gagnon hit a sacrifice-fly.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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As part of the effort, the two roped in Sessions, who later tried to broker a meeting for Rodríguez with the CEO of ExxonMobil that had succeeded Trump’s then-secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.—
Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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As a result, video became his best friend.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Dart's teammate, Abdul Carter, reposted the video and appeared to criticize the introduction.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2026
Verb
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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
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Whether to actually commit to it, wire the building, absorb the cost, and trust that the people walking through the door would value it enough to matter.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
18 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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In a May 18 Facebook post, the Fort Worth Fire Department (FWFD) shared the story of Jake, a pitbull who was found chained to the flagpole outside Station 8 in the early morning hours of May 16.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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Interestingly, the modular design allows operators to rapidly assemble, connect, and scale up their power capacity by stacking or chaining additional units.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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