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
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Farris had first seen a tape of the comedian over seven years ago, but Hodge didn’t get that job.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 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
Look at Manjack’s tape back at Houston in 2023, and there’s something here.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Farris had first seen a tape of the comedian over seven years ago, but Hodge didn’t get that job.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 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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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
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Nothing gets Trump angrier than when one of his underlings is caught doing something stupid on videotape.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
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The legal dispute has managed to rope in a host of celebrity names, some who might be dragged into court to testify.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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But a 2017 video shot in Peru and posted by National Geographic shows how quickly that paradise can turn into hell.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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And inside the adjacent soft pretzel shop, two workers leaned over on the counter, watching videos on a phone to pass the time.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Return cupcakes to wire rack and let sit 15 minutes for glaze to set before serving (or, chill 5 minutes).—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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The text messages allegedly asked McClelland's brother to wire McClelland more than $8,000, per prosecutors.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 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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The procedure requires the driver to loop back a second time, and if a parent still isn't there, they are instructed to take the child to Albert Gallatin High School, the district offices, or the STA bus garage.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
7 May 2026
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Star ribbons loop across the sun.—
Brenda Hillman,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Real conservation doesn’t mean chaining yourself to a tree, throwing soup at paintings or screaming at people on social media.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Ziggy remained chained to a wall inside the Pachyderm House for 29 years.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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