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ˈvi-dē-ō-ˌtāp

Definition of videotape

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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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Television started out as a live medium, after all — virtually all programs were live in the early, golden age of the small screen before the use of film, and then videotape, allowed for more flexibility. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026 In Episode 3, Cady watches a videotape that clearly reveals Lewis as the taunting, menacing character. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 12 June 2026

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Police took Kogut to the District Attorney's Office where he was videotaped. — Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for videotape

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People would apply The Ordinary’s plumping serum or Medicube’s balm stick, and hollow under-eye or facial fine lines would diminish in just a 30 second video clip.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 July 2026
SpaceX officials did not say how many engines failed to start during the ignition sequence, but a graphic of engine status on SpaceX’s live video stream indicated four of the 33 engines never ignited.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

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Vesper Theatre's main performance space, an 80-seat black box theater, can support a variety of art forms from dance to theater to film.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
As exemplified by the renderings provided by TPS and Synapse, the new stage will allow the use of elaborate indoor settings without having to build sets and to film exteriors regardless of the weather.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 July 2026

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