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
Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
The trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Invert the top half of the bottle, like a funnel, into the bottom half and tape it together.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Wrap them in paper, and secure it with tape.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
The trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Verb
Use a heavy-duty, clear plastic sheet on a frame or tape clear plastic film to the inside of window frames during the cold winter months to help insulate.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Invert the top half of the bottle, like a funnel, into the bottom half and tape it together.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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Blockbuster, which distributed DVDs and videotapes through retail stores nationwide, didn’t pivot – and didn’t survive.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Inside the video camera -- was a videotape.—
Gail Zimmerman,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Perhaps good writers/speakers could carry lassos, rope the culprits in, and teach them proper English!—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2026
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As frigid Cold War conspiracies start unfolding, they’re roped into becoming CIA operatives to help uncover what exactly happened to their partners.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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However, videos posted to social media of the deadly encounter corroborate witness accounts.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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One do-it-yourselfer demonstrating step-by-step how to rewire an electrical outlet via a TikTok video replaces thousands of dads and grandpas who could do the same thing.—
Nolan Finley The Detroit News,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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After the victim unsuccessfully attempted to wire the money remotely, a member of Marion’s crew allegedly showed up at his home and drove him to two San Diego bank branches to make the transfer in person.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Their separation came five years after the couple were entangled in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Reporters inside the courtroom noticed that Flores' temple and eyelid were bandaged.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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During her own allocution moments later, Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, likewise struck a note of defiance and introduced herself as the First Lady of Venezuela, her face appearing bruised and bandaged.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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If not, loop a beach neighborhood and call it joy.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.—
Karina Elwood,
Washington Post,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The 2014 report, which included vivid descriptions of unresponsive prisoners after waterboarding and others chained from bars in stress positions for long periods of time, shocked many but did not move Cheney.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
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This entire swap would have been a disaster of massive proportions had those two not remained chained together.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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