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recorder
noun
re·cord·er
ri-ˈkȯr-dər 
1
a
: the chief judicial magistrate of some British cities and boroughs
b
: a municipal judge with criminal jurisdiction of first instance and sometimes limited civil jurisdiction
2
: one that records
3
: any of a group of wind instruments ranging from soprano to bass that are characterized by a conical tube, a whistle mouthpiece, and eight finger holes
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Terri Thal, Dylan’s manager at the time, brought a bulky Ampex recorder in a leather case to the show and set it up on a table at stage left.
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Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Investigators later determined that the bomb was hidden in a cassette recorder and packed in a suitcase that was loaded on a plane from Malta to Frankfurt, Germany, with no accompanying passenger.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
Has a recorder ever sounded good in all of musical history?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
However, the Black Hawk's recorder lacked time stamps, complicating efforts to align events with the plane's data.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Investigators later determined that the bomb was hidden in a cassette recorder and packed in a suitcase that was loaded on a plane from Malta to Frankfurt, Germany, with no accompanying passenger.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
Has a recorder ever sounded good in all of musical history?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
However, the Black Hawk's recorder lacked time stamps, complicating efforts to align events with the plane's data.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recorder. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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recorder
noun
re·cord·er
ri-ˈkȯrd-ər
1
: a person or device that records
2
: a musical instrument consisting of a usually wooden tube with finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
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