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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Recent Examples of tape recordings
For instance, recent research by Liana Zanette of Western University, London, Ontario, and colleagues has shown that tape recordings of human voices startle a whole host of large African mammals, from warthogs to giraffes.
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Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape recordings
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In Gulf states, hundreds of people have been arrested or detained for posting videos of strikes and military facilities to social media.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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ShengShu’s latest Vidu Q3 Pro model, released in January, ranks among the top 10 AI models for generating videos from text and images, according to Artificial Analysis.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 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
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In the nearly 50 years since it was released, Faces of Death has become something of a cursed object, the kind of movie that gets traded around on old VHS tapes and spoken about in hushed tones on playgrounds and in video stores.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Pop-up markets celebrate local makers in Ballston, Navy Yard and Columbia Heights, while Rhizome encourages the community to trade their old records, VHS tapes and DVDs for something new.—
Fritz Hahn,
Washington Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Tape recordings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recordings. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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