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
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
These tapes are gonna be used to essentially keep his story going.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
This was made possible thanks to access granted to documentary filmmaker María José Cuevas to hundreds of tapes recorded by the artist himself from the 1970s until shortly before his death in August 2016.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
This requires immensely powerful magnetic fields, which are generated by second-generation high-temperature superconducting tapes.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Now, this has happened to me a couple of times actually, where I’ve been sent what are supposedly the multi-track tapes for an album.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
In the clip, Lecaillier cuts, tapes and shapes her materials until a wonderfully bonkers ostrich begins to take form — complete with flapping wings and a bobbing neck made from little more than determination and a sense of humor.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Don’t take my word for it; just head out Sunday to downtown San Jose for the Post Street Record Faire, which will bring together more than a dozen vendors who will have some 10,000 records for sale, along with CDs, DVDs and cassette tapes to satisfy all your physical media needs.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Stranger Things speaks to a generation that grew up renting VHS tapes from Blockbuster and trading Stephen King paperbacks.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
There’s even some cassette tapes.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
These tapes are gonna be used to essentially keep his story going.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
This was made possible thanks to access granted to documentary filmmaker María José Cuevas to hundreds of tapes recorded by the artist himself from the 1970s until shortly before his death in August 2016.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
This requires immensely powerful magnetic fields, which are generated by second-generation high-temperature superconducting tapes.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Now, this has happened to me a couple of times actually, where I’ve been sent what are supposedly the multi-track tapes for an album.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
In the clip, Lecaillier cuts, tapes and shapes her materials until a wonderfully bonkers ostrich begins to take form — complete with flapping wings and a bobbing neck made from little more than determination and a sense of humor.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Don’t take my word for it; just head out Sunday to downtown San Jose for the Post Street Record Faire, which will bring together more than a dozen vendors who will have some 10,000 records for sale, along with CDs, DVDs and cassette tapes to satisfy all your physical media needs.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Stranger Things speaks to a generation that grew up renting VHS tapes from Blockbuster and trading Stephen King paperbacks.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapes
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Amid towering speakers, gold records, stacks of videotapes, Sony Trinitrons, overflowing ashtrays, and a bar stocked with tequila and a lineup of squat green Dom Pérignon bottles sent over by the labels, the Les Garland Show streamed.—
tom freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hunt was a pro tennis pioneer, as well, and the source of that film is a trove of some 600 videotapes of tournaments around the world that reside on shelves inside SubTropolis.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Numerous reports and videos of thundersnow in downtown Chicago began to roll in after midnight local time.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Scott David Mason, 61, was accused of distributing photos and videos 50 times using the messaging app Kik between March 28 and May 1.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Texas Roadhouse, which also operates casual dining chains Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers, is expected to report third-quarter results at the end of October.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Tapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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