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
There is now a whole genre of celebrity documentary built around the playing of old analog tape recordings, originally done as interviews.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Past courts ruled unanimously in cases involving a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton and President Richard M. Nixon’s tape recordings of conversations sought during the Watergate investigation.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
On the first day of his trial, May 3, 1976, prosecutors won the right to introduce a tape recording of his station-house confession.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
By retirement in 1986, Burger had written more than 250 decisions, including the 1974 opinion in U.S. v. Nixon that required the president to surrender subpoenaed tape recordings and documents for use in his impeachment trial.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Past courts ruled unanimously in cases involving a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton and President Richard M. Nixon’s tape recordings of conversations sought during the Watergate investigation.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
On the first day of his trial, May 3, 1976, prosecutors won the right to introduce a tape recording of his station-house confession.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
By retirement in 1986, Burger had written more than 250 decisions, including the 1974 opinion in U.S. v. Nixon that required the president to surrender subpoenaed tape recordings and documents for use in his impeachment trial.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape recording
Noun
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An example is how AIs can act as assistants to teach us to carry out complex artistic and technical tasks like editing video or writing code.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Although neither Taylor Swift nor Beyoncé had much action in the way of new music videos in the past year, those two perennial VMAs winners remain up for artist of the year, a category that is not tied to any specific video.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Police Department then lost the videotapes of interviews with Mejia’s children who had been in the duplex that day.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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This time, Ding got out of the car and tapped the bed of the pickup, a videotape of the encounter shows.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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It will be aired via tape delay later on NFL Network.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Benign churn to alleviate overbought conditions or the start of a less trustworthy tape given loss of momentum, challenging seasonal factors and waning momentum?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recording. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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