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
Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Regarding the camera, Apple is bringing new features to the Air including the ability to use both the front and rear cameras at the same time — perfect for those looking to tape an event, along with their reactions to it.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The chip has completed its tape-out phase, and the researchers plan to establish a pilot production line in the coming years, scaling it to a megabyte-level system within three to five years.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Only after several reporters began observing the site and taking photographs did officers arrive to tape off the area with crime scene tape.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Regarding the camera, Apple is bringing new features to the Air including the ability to use both the front and rear cameras at the same time — perfect for those looking to tape an event, along with their reactions to it.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Pollard and co-founder Jack Callahan, both veterans of the underground tape and vinyl scenes, first got the idea for Nina after a conversation about preserving digital music archives.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The chip has completed its tape-out phase, and the researchers plan to establish a pilot production line in the coming years, scaling it to a megabyte-level system within three to five years.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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Mostly videotapes of shows, but also albums and books.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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If earlier iterations of the lesbian vampire film were Gothic and ornate, Nadja is more shoegaze, captured on bleary black-and-white videotape with an expressionistic flair.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Karri raised a couple of million pounds in funding last October to develop this model, and put it to good use by roping in legendary agency Pentagram for its industrial design inputs.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
5 Sep. 2025
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With two men on and the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Duran roped a hard line drive into the right-center gap, which rolled into the triangle between center fielder Oneil Cruz and right fielder Alexander Canario.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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Crime Stoppers has announced a $2,000 reward for any tip that leads to the identification of the man or the woman in the video.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Students will learn to wire avionics as well as to troubleshoot and repair wiring issues.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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Transfer pie to wire rack to cool at least 2 1/2 hours.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Kerzka and the others did their best to comfort them, to bandage small wounds; the most critically injured were already at the hospital.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The agents bandage the cyclist’s wounds, cover him in an emergency blanket and stay by his side until he is hoisted away by the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s helicopter, the video shows.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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From there, the latest forecast track suggests Lorenzo could loop back on itself before dissolving.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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It's then forecast to loop back toward the islands off the coasts of Africa and Portugal.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, Jake Roos and his team at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) discovered a 3-year-old Chihuahua who was chained outside with a bungee cord wrapped around his neck and ticks all over his body.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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He was allegedly chained for much of that time and was released from them on his wedding anniversary, when he was finally allowed to shower.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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