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
Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
Though the sticky sheet is still dominant in the shoe traction market, Gonzales compared it to cleaning eyeglasses with tape rather than a microfiber cloth.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
By Monday night, snow showers and high winds will tape off.
—Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Shooting at Venice Beach presented a myriad of complications, sparking complaints about red-tape over the past month.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
Though the sticky sheet is still dominant in the shoe traction market, Gonzales compared it to cleaning eyeglasses with tape rather than a microfiber cloth.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
As a deputy was putting crime scene tape up at the second shooting location, the suspect drove up and hit him, pushing the deputy about 40 feet, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
By Monday night, snow showers and high winds will tape off.
—Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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Back in the 1960s, there wasn't a home video market, and videotape was expensive, so it was erased for reuse.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Set in the ’90s, the game tasks players with such activities as stocking shelves, manning the checkout counter, and balancing the daily books; sometimes a videotape needs to be rewound, or a patron disputes a late fee.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The playground would be the envy of children anywhere; Stratton, a father of two, pointed out a water park, a climbing wall, and rope climbing towers.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Dylan Carlson replaced him as a pinch runner, advanced to second on Matt Shaw’s sacrifice bunt and scored when Amaya roped a 1-2 fastball from Guardians reliever Connor Brogdon to right-center field.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Australian actor, 31, stars in the new horror movie as Arthur, who re-creates and uploads videos of the kills shown in the titular 1978 film (once widely believed to be an actual snuff film), opposite Barbie Ferreira, who plays a content moderator trying to thwart him.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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The astronauts snapped thousands of photos during their historic pass around the moon, shot video and recorded their personal observations to give researchers insights based on the color sensitivity of the human eye.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
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The optical fibers that wire our world are predominantly made from silicon dioxide, which also makes up beach sand.—
John Ballato,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When the baby was rescued, her head was bandaged, and she was covered with dirt and bruises.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The support from the vet’s coach and teammates has helped bandage the wound of the 2025-26 season.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If everything checks out, the service module’s main engine will fire Thursday evening to send the crew on a trajectory that will loop them around the Moon.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Rather, Orion will loop around the moon's far side this evening in a history-making flyby.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At times, the children were chained to their beds or put in cages for breaking house rules.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mythos is not simply good at finding vulnerabilities, Graham said, but also at chaining them together into complicated exploits that can be devastating hacking tools.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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