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
Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Good luck getting the unsettling videotape footage out of your head.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
The sessions are alleged to included male and female prostitutes, drug use, threats of violence and imprisonment in the hotel rooms where the acts were staged and videotaped.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 May 2025
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Noun
But the regulators found no documentation of hospital employees interviewed, no interview details and no documentation of a videotape review.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Good luck getting the unsettling videotape footage out of your head.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
The police first learned of suspicious behavior from an April 7 call that led them to an 11-year-old boy who said that an unknown man had videotaped him in a restroom.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
The sessions are alleged to included male and female prostitutes, drug use, threats of violence and imprisonment in the hotel rooms where the acts were staged and videotaped.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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In a video shared by a fan to social media, the singer waits for the perfect moment to slide down and pull her outfit back up, on beat.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Beyoncé continues her Cowboy Carter Tour in London, and Patrick Schwarzenegger and Aimee Lou Wood tape a video in Los Angeles.—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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In July 2022, the Santa Barbara Independent confirmed that the season was filmed at Dos Pueblos Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Fans of 007 rejoice: Ocho Rios is also home to GoldenEye, where Ian Fleming wrote the original James Bond stories, and James Bond Beach, where Dr. No was filmed in 1962.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping To Pimp a Butterfly reenters at No. 5 on Top Album Sales (11,000; up 639%) after a 10th anniversary reissue on multiple vinyl variants, as well as a cassette tape.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
12 June 2025
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Stock image of a woman removing tape from the edge of a floor during a renovation.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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