as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot
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Recent Examples of tape
Pat Saperstein, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Recruiting departments are chaotic because of thousands of highlight tapes, unverifiable claims, and more.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Create a Sticky Wall: Take a piece of contact paper with the sticky side facing out and tape it to the door or wall.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
On her way out of town, inquisitive FBI agent Sylvia Washington (Jenna Elfman) gives Leaphorn the revealing cassette tape with Emma’s moving testimony about Vines’ death.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Recruiting departments are chaotic because of thousands of highlight tapes, unverifiable claims, and more.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
The musicians taped the songs at the famed De Lane Lea Studios in London — a name that the EP borrows.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Create a Sticky Wall: Take a piece of contact paper with the sticky side facing out and tape it to the door or wall.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
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The show was never nominated for Emmy Awards in writing or directing categories, and won just two in total, for videotape editing and for Sanford (the first black woman to win Best Comedy Actress).—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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While paper documents are the most common source of classified information, photographs, maps, motion pictures, videotapes, databases, microfilms, hard drives, CDs and more can be classified.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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McMahon roped a liner off Luke Jackson’s back, forcing the pitcher from the game.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025
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In his first at-bat of the inning, Freeman roped a double down the line to put two runners in scoring position.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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The video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents, according to the Associated Press.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The Liver King still continues to upload videos to his social media accounts.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2025
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Tires cording after only 50 laps is untenable, effectively forcing drivers to throttle back and run tight against the bottom, further limiting passing.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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This corded immersion blender sports a substantially more powerful 625 watts, a four-pronged blade, and five variable speed settings.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
20 Mar. 2025
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But any power plant, whether fueled by coal, wind or sunshine, has to be wired into the electrical grid: a system of transmission lines and transformers that pools electricity and channels it to customers.—
Tony Schick,
ProPublica,
12 May 2025
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Oettinger is made for the big moment, wired to handle the pressure.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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One of her sons, 11-year-old Yusuf, his head heavily bandaged, screamed in grief as the shroud of his younger sibling was parted to show his face.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Anderson’s wrist was bandaged by medics at the police barracks.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The terror weaves across decades and across the globe, but the threads themselves loop back on themselves over and over again.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
13 May 2025
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Medicare Advantage serves a clear purpose for recipients looking for most of Medicare’s benefits wrapped up in a single private plan, but the insurers looped in as middlemen are hijacking the system.—
Juliette Madrigal,
Boston Herald,
12 May 2025
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Cops said in at least one instance, Boyd chained one girl to a pole in his basement with just a piece of bread to eat and a puddle of standing water to drink, according to local CBS affiliate WDJT.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those hostages who have returned to Israel from Gaza in recent months described being held in extremely harsh conditions: many were kept chained in tunnels with little food and no medical care and some reported experiencing torture.—
Amos Harel,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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