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
Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
The Kim’s Video Underground excavation also prompted some fond reminiscing on the days of VHS tapes and video rental stores.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
The fact these tapes survived the 2011 house fire that destroyed a portion of the Hüsker Dü archive heightens the rarity of this collection.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Aug. 2025
To that end, football coaches exchange game tapes six days before games.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Still, with pages and pages of documents and tapes to download from the Department of Justice site, and comb over and to listen to for details, Maxwell’s see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil declarations quickly dominated an already busy news cycle.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
In the ‘80s, a storytelling animatronic bear called Teddy Ruxpin made its way into the hands of children around the world, moving its mouth and eyes in sync with cassette tapes.
—Marc Fernandez, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2025
His first exposure to the sport’s elite was via VHS tapes played by his teams’ coaches on bus trips to away games, often recordings of matches from past World Cups.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Currently many efforts to recover data from older tapes requires having the original tape equipment to read the tapes.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
There are no wedding photos of them, no concert tickets, no mix tapes.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
The Kim’s Video Underground excavation also prompted some fond reminiscing on the days of VHS tapes and video rental stores.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
The fact these tapes survived the 2011 house fire that destroyed a portion of the Hüsker Dü archive heightens the rarity of this collection.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Aug. 2025
To that end, football coaches exchange game tapes six days before games.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Still, with pages and pages of documents and tapes to download from the Department of Justice site, and comb over and to listen to for details, Maxwell’s see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil declarations quickly dominated an already busy news cycle.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
In the ‘80s, a storytelling animatronic bear called Teddy Ruxpin made its way into the hands of children around the world, moving its mouth and eyes in sync with cassette tapes.
—Marc Fernandez, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2025
His first exposure to the sport’s elite was via VHS tapes played by his teams’ coaches on bus trips to away games, often recordings of matches from past World Cups.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Currently many efforts to recover data from older tapes requires having the original tape equipment to read the tapes.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapes
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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
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Local reports and videos shared on social media showed protesters attacking the homes in and around Kathmandu.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The 6-foot-6 centre who studies Tage Thompson YouTube videos in his spare time could be a dominant junior hockey player this season.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Tapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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