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
Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Rather than try to force his son to follow his passion, Amrik Singh started reading books about golf, and father and son would dial up Tiger Woods tapes on the old VHS as a way of instruction.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
And there was Tiger Woods, once a mythical figure on VHS tapes to a young boy growing up in Wolverhampton.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
Bob brought home audition tapes and played them for his children to judge their reactions.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Besides albums dubbed onto cassette tapes and Top of the Pops episodes recorded off the BBC, there was little music content available, almost all of which came from Europe.
—Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
All Hell sounded like CFCF holed up in a hotel on a diet of Jack Daniels and Eddie Rabbitt tapes.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Yoo, now 41, grew up in the countryside recording his favorite shows on VHS tapes.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Nick Offerman’s grand entrance into Margo’s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV takes place technically in the first episode with Margo’s roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham) watching his old wrestling tapes on TV.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Noun
Cosell spends his off-seasons poring over prospects’ game tapes to assess their viability as pros.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Rather than try to force his son to follow his passion, Amrik Singh started reading books about golf, and father and son would dial up Tiger Woods tapes on the old VHS as a way of instruction.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
And there was Tiger Woods, once a mythical figure on VHS tapes to a young boy growing up in Wolverhampton.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
Bob brought home audition tapes and played them for his children to judge their reactions.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Besides albums dubbed onto cassette tapes and Top of the Pops episodes recorded off the BBC, there was little music content available, almost all of which came from Europe.
—Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
All Hell sounded like CFCF holed up in a hotel on a diet of Jack Daniels and Eddie Rabbitt tapes.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Yoo, now 41, grew up in the countryside recording his favorite shows on VHS tapes.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Nick Offerman’s grand entrance into Margo’s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV takes place technically in the first episode with Margo’s roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham) watching his old wrestling tapes on TV.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 May 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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CollegeHumor, basically, starts using its editorial staff in videos over and over again.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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Clipping has become a fact of life, given the velocity of viral social videos, but the Pratt campaign is taking it to the next level, releasing its own clips and amplifying AI videos apparently created by fans and supporters.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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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 25 May. 2026.
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