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tape recording

noun

Definition of tape recording

as in video

a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances

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Recent Examples of tape recording Dowd spent a month with her brother’s team as research and worked from tape recordings sent by Ned and his teammates to craft the dialogue in her slice-of-life screenplay. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025 In July, the DOJ released a tape recording of the camera in his prison cell leading to allegations there were some missing minutes, three according to an examination of the metadata by Wired. — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025 In the doc, interviews with Kinkade’s family, including his four daughters and ex-wife, archival home videos and tape recordings, as well as dark paintings from his early career, help to shed light on the man behind the brand. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025 What ultimately seems far more intriguing and indisputable is that Joule has tape recordings of conversations with Bacon about a range of topics. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tape recording

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People would apply The Ordinary’s plumping serum or Medicube’s balm stick, and hollow under-eye or facial fine lines would diminish in just a 30 second video clip.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 July 2026
SpaceX officials did not say how many engines failed to start during the ignition sequence, but a graphic of engine status on SpaceX’s live video stream indicated four of the 33 engines never ignited.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

Definition of video

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Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Definition of videotape

Noun

Stream cassette tapes wirelessly through headphones or speakers, and even choose between batteries or USB-C for portable power.

— Sofia Goldstein, SPIN, 17 July 2026
In recent years, the two nights of the Creative Arts Emmys have been edited into a tape delayed special on FXX; talks are ongoing to bring that back this year with the first two nights of the Emmys.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 July 2026

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