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
Marina Watts, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Because there are artists who are considered the biggest artists in the world where their entire show is on tape.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 19 Mar. 2025
The hand soap dispenser was broken and taped at the hand sink behind the register.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
How is this even possible to have, what sounds like a Beatles 15 song Decca tapes master?
—Marina Watts, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Because there are artists who are considered the biggest artists in the world where their entire show is on tape.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
Both Rogan and Tucker Carlson, arguably the two biggest media stars on the Trumpy right, have taped episodes with Hitler apologist Darryl Cooper.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 19 Mar. 2025
The hand soap dispenser was broken and taped at the hand sink behind the register.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 21 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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Taylor Swift was reportedly roped into the Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively lawsuits by the Gossip Girl actress.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
7 Apr. 2025
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That put Pittsburgh up 2-1 after Jazz Chisholm Jr. roped an RBI double off Andrew Heaney — another ex-Yankee — in the first inning.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Star, a reindeer loved by many in his Alaskan community, has died after surveillance video captured an unknown person dousing the animal’s quarters in a mysterious liquid.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Fans speculated that the video was a response to the breakup.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 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
Verb
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Earlier work hinted that some specialized hindbrain cells containing a specific protein are wired directly into the central amygdala.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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For example, an emerging cognitive theory called predictive processing suggests that doing hard things gives us access to new information about both ourselves and the world, an experience that our brains are wired to find pleasurable.—
Alex Hutchinson,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Weapons can inflict status effects such as bleeding, and players need to quickly bandage themselves or risk bleeding out.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Hours later, a selfie video of Le Vaughn — his hand bandaged up — in a hospital bed surfaced online.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Two minutes in and Zidane looped a cross to Ronaldo — unmarked — but Lehmann was able to smother.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Much of season two’s discoveries, especially in the later half, loop back to the past, with time spent learning about Cobel’s childhood and understanding where Gemma has been all this time.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Read Next National Autistic teen found starved, chained to cot, Ohio officials say.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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Several Columbia University students have chained themselves to a gate to protest Mahmoud Khalil's detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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