as in videotapes
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 tapes
Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Archive footage viewed on old VHS tapes and Super-8 film reveals that Cook was a talented and charismatic musician, plucking away at his Gibson while singing blues standards or original material.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
As Edison’s football coach, he was entrusted to guide young athletes whose parents bought banned 2 Live Crew records and tapes as teens.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Other than these tapes, there was no like.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Investigators could also take tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter rolls.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The team marked those signposts with flagging tapes and GPS points.
—New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
The kids ate in the dark living room, and in a bedroom her older girl cousins played cassette tapes of Thai and Chinese singers.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Fleming tapes all their games and studies their opponents.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
Not only were the players far more portable than turntables but unlike records, tapes were resilient to being tossed about.
—Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Archive footage viewed on old VHS tapes and Super-8 film reveals that Cook was a talented and charismatic musician, plucking away at his Gibson while singing blues standards or original material.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
As Edison’s football coach, he was entrusted to guide young athletes whose parents bought banned 2 Live Crew records and tapes as teens.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Other than these tapes, there was no like.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Investigators could also take tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter rolls.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The team marked those signposts with flagging tapes and GPS points.
—New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
The kids ate in the dark living room, and in a bedroom her older girl cousins played cassette tapes of Thai and Chinese singers.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Fleming tapes all their games and studies their opponents.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapes
Noun
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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
Noun
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Images of piles of body bags and videos of government agents in Iran firing indiscriminately on protesters opposed to the country’s repressive regime have left experts and world leaders alike struggling to investigate just how many people the ayatollah’s forces have killed in recent weeks.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Photos and videos of Punch in the enclosure have racked up millions of views and comments as people dedicate their time and emotional wellbeing to the small downturned face.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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To address this, Ivo uses a multi-step pipeline that chains together more than 400 model calls for each contract review.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Tokyo Central is owned by Japanese company Pan Pacific Retail Management, which also runs the grocery chains Gelson’s and Don Quijote.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Tapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapes. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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