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
Ellie Cook
daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Lander was videotaped asking authorities for a judicial warrant and holding on to a man agents were looking to detain before being arrested himself.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
Those videotapes could well be child pornography that the government doesn’t want to release for very understandable reasons.
—Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
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Noun
It was intended to resolve based on whether the Ukrainian leader was photographed or videotaped wearing a suit between May 22 and June 30, 2025.
—Ellie Cook
daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Lander was videotaped asking authorities for a judicial warrant and holding on to a man agents were looking to detain before being arrested himself.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
Verb
In an era just before the iPhone, well enough Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, Octagon would then upload the videotapes to a website designed to promote the athletes.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
Those videotapes could well be child pornography that the government doesn’t want to release for very understandable reasons.
—Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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More videos show Dangy rubbing Rune’s belly and feeding him with a bottle.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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In one of the videos, candidates are seen on the catwalk when the earthquake hits.—
Rajeev Tyagi,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The trend surfaced on social media and has led some to film and share the dangerous stunt.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Wahlberg reveals that Mark Cuban wasn't even there to film the big scene with him, and had to be added into the movie later.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nothing on tape at this point suggests that run is imminent.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Her case has not been solved, though a tape unearthed in 2004 provided some possible assailants, and nothing involving Gein, who was cleared of any connection later in 1957.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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