tape recording

Definition of tape recordingnext
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 In July, the DOJ released a tape recording of the camera in his prison cell leading to allegations there were some missing minutes, three according to an examination of the metadata by Wired. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025 In the doc, interviews with Kinkade’s family, including his four daughters and ex-wife, archival home videos and tape recordings, as well as dark paintings from his early career, help to shed light on the man behind the brand. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for tape recording
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Noun
  • The new Witte Hall is tiered with seating for nearly 300 and boasts an 11-by-19-foot video screen and a new audio system.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • Baldoni did not mention Lively, the film or the legal battle in the video, which is almost five minutes long.
    Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.
    Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
  • Not long after the revolution, bootleg audio and videotapes began circulating in Tehran.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • This is Gordo and Tracy sacrificing themselves by running onto the moon’s surface with only duct-tape suits to stop a nuclear reactor from melting down.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Many of the rooms come with vintage tape decks and homemade mixed tapes.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recording. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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