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 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 These items include Madonna’s drum set and guitars, portraits of Warhol and Keith Haring made by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and original tape recordings from Dylan’s first album. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 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 See All Example Sentences for tape recording
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Noun
  • Associated PressThe folders included hundreds of images of court documents dating back years, along with video clips that appeared to show police body camera footage from searches and interviews conducted with victims.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The trailer ends with the canine protagonist watching a videotape of a man seemingly accepting his untimely fate.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • In an era just before the iPhone, well enough Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, Octagon would then upload the videotapes to a website designed to promote the athletes.
    Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • How about some washi tape printed with strawberries or a jigsaw puzzle of the Appalachian Trail?
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The spokesperson, who reviewed a tape of the incident, says Weisman was struck in a suburban area without a sidewalk.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recording. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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