as in video
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital
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Recent Examples of videotape
Chris McMullen, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Set in the ’90s, the game tasks players with such activities as stocking shelves, manning the checkout counter, and balancing the daily books; sometimes a videotape needs to be rewound, or a patron disputes a late fee.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Thanks to a crazily unlikely accident, the researchers had witnessed a sperm-whale birth and had managed to videotape the entire event.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Back in the 1960s, there wasn't a home video market, and videotape was expensive, so it was erased for reuse.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Set in the ’90s, the game tasks players with such activities as stocking shelves, manning the checkout counter, and balancing the daily books; sometimes a videotape needs to be rewound, or a patron disputes a late fee.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
The 37-year-old Sacramento man was arrested on suspicion of three counts of eavesdropping, a felony charge, along with 12 counts of misdemeanor photographing or videotaping an undressed person in a private area, jail records show.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Thanks to a crazily unlikely accident, the researchers had witnessed a sperm-whale birth and had managed to videotape the entire event.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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The Christ-like image and a video Trump posted depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes were both deleted after backlash.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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The video was shared on social media by the Combat Antisemitism Movement.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
Verb
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But also to film on these historic stages.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
22 May 2026
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La Bola Negra is an original Movistar Plus+ film in collaboration with the directors’ Suma Content Films and co-produced with Le Pacte, which also has French distribution rights.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Megan Grant continued her historic march with another tape-measure home run and UCLA homered four times, beating Arkansas 11-0 in five innings Friday to avoid elimination from the Women’s College World Series.—
Tim Willert,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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There is a homemade VHS tape in Kvaratskhelia’s home in Tbilisi, made by his mother Maka.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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