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
EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2020, Lohan found herself on videotape with Meyers, Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, and Lisa Ann Walter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Camille Gantzer, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Israeli soldiers have videotaped themselves burning food supplies and ransacking homes.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki, Ringu centers on a journalist who looks into the mystery behind a cryptic videotape whose viewers die seven days after watching it.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2020, Lohan found herself on videotape with Meyers, Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, and Lisa Ann Walter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Camille Gantzer, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
Lane filmed himself in 2001 wrapping a noose around his girlfriend’s neck and removing a chair under her, all while videotaping it.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Israeli soldiers have videotaped themselves burning food supplies and ransacking homes.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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Wicked is currently available on digital streaming and is coming soon to streaming video on demand on Peacock.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The 79-year-old Duterte didn’t show up at the court in The Hague, but appeared on a video screen from the detention center where he is being held, about a mile away.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Gay felt confident that success awaited her in Atlanta, where many movies and TV series are filmed.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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But their target turns out to be a boy named Jamie, played by Owen Cooper, who was fourteen during filming.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Other factors, like temperature, limited air circulation, low humidity levels and irritating substances including biosensors and tape can also affect an astronaut's skin, the Biomedicines report states.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Two of them began arguing, distracting the guards, thereby allowing the third, who wore a trenchcoat, a fake beard, and a tweed hat, to covertly affix a painting to the wall using double-sided tape.—
Alex Scordelis,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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