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
Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
And everywhere, Americans sat by television sets, watching again and again the videotape of the spectacular breakup of the nation’s showpiece of space technology.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Sat up the front, videotaped it, sent it to everyone at home.
—Michaela Neville, Wired News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Noun
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
And everywhere, Americans sat by television sets, watching again and again the videotape of the spectacular breakup of the nation’s showpiece of space technology.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
Another officer was videotaped pinning a driver down and punching his head into the pavement.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Sat up the front, videotaped it, sent it to everyone at home.
—Michaela Neville, Wired News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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One of the men is seen on surveillance video smashing the front door with a metal object and connecting the ATM to the vehicle using a metal cable.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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Surveillance video reportedly showed David's BMW slowly entering the intersection before the impact.—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Style mavens Reed and Delphine Krakoff sold it to film and television producer David Zander in 2018 for $24 million, and in 2023 it was acquired by fashion designer Tom Ford for $52 million.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2026
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The first season’s view of the deprivations of reality TV captured the apocalyptic feeling of Hollywood in the early aughts, the sense that reality, cheaper to film than a standard network show, would mean the end of jobs.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That fall, an old friend reached out to my father through the underground communications network, dialling a number printed on a faded piece of plastic Dymo tape and speaking to him from a public phone booth.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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His form tackling is just teach tape every time.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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