as in videos
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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Noun
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Drivers passing the school honked and took videos of the students.—
Kathryn Muchnick,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Feb. 2026 -
The albums, photos, videos and memories remain forever, for all to see and hear.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Within weeks, sales of videotapes, CDs, and audio cassettes of her performance raised more than $500,000 for the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Fleming tapes all their games and studies their opponents.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The album did not have a wide audience at the time of its release; only a handful of tapes were put out and sold.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Tape recordings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recordings. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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