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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But prompts can also contain other videos and images.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026 -
The capture of those videos was a relief, offering authorities and the public some information to use in hopes of finding Guthrie.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 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
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Other than these tapes, there was no like.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Investigators could also take tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter rolls.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Tape recordings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recordings. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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