as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot
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Recent Examples of tape
Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2025
But he’s been playing without tape on the ankle and his swing looks just as pristine this spring.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
The president's comments in the Oval Office echoed his sentiments from the interview, which was taped Thursday.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Noun
After the party broke up, Cal coaches adjourned to their offices to begin devouring Mississippi State tape.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2025
But he’s been playing without tape on the ankle and his swing looks just as pristine this spring.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Deb takes pieces of a cardboard box (props for sustainability), tapes them together, and numbers different flaps using distinct colors.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
The president's comments in the Oval Office echoed his sentiments from the interview, which was taped Thursday.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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When the film showed in New York in 2006 at Lincoln Center, the theater played it off a videotape; in 2017, MoMA screened it from a file.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The team viewed the videotape after practice and learned that the kick was indeed good.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
16 Aug. 2024
Verb
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After Alex left, there was the hurdle of Link and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) — and that disastrous moment when Link roped Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) kids into helping him with a proposal that quickly went awry.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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Schlossberg has used his social media in recent months to repeatedly blast RFK Jr., occasionally roping in Hines for standing by her husband, who is a longtime anti-vaccine activist.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman's estate is attempting to block the release of photos, videos and police bodycam footage related to the couple's deaths.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Around the five-second mark in the video, the toddler turns to the camera, still in her mom's arms, to mime along to an expletive in the GloRilla track playing over the video.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This corded immersion blender sports a substantially more powerful 625 watts, a four-pronged blade, and five variable speed settings.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
20 Mar. 2025
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Do the most for the least tern in Huntington Beach Volunteers are needed 9 a.m. Saturday at Huntington State Beach to install cording along the fence around California least tern nests.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Their brains are wired to seek new experiences and take risks, which is vital for learning and growth (and survival of the species, historically).—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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No one scored in the first overtime period, but the Blue Devils led wire to wire over the final four minutes.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rescuers rushed her to the ICU, where the team treated her wounds, bandaged her paws and gave her medications to soothe her pain, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost four straight, while the Green Bay Packers — a popular sleeper pick a month ago — are all bandaged up.—
Vic Tafur,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In 2023 she was looped into talks for Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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But his attempt at blocking a cross from Lewis Hall looped up into the air and fell, agonisingly from Forest’s point of view, for Murphy to prod home from a few yards out to make it 2-1.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Even when Todd, succumbing to both his serious illness and the house’s demons, treats him rather shabbily, at one point chaining him to an outside doghouse where Indy proves frighteningly vulnerable to threatening forces.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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Challenging the status quo meant risking their job security and stability, and this kept them chained to the existing ways.—
Kamales Lardi,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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