: a tape with adhesive on one side that has a variety of uses (as to cover a surface when painting near it)
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The Marvelous Medium of Masking Tape This workshop hosted by Matt McGee, the award-winning master puppet builder at the Great Arizona Puppet Theater teaches you how to turn your ideas into 3D artworks with masking tape.
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Label dishes clearly and note reheating instructions on masking tape.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Lewis, 58, reportedly did so after being arrested last December and accused by the Pompton Lakes Police Department of taping a 9-year-old student’s head to his desk for roughly an hour using masking tape.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Some of the rolls of masking tape went faster than others, especially when Goldberg-Polin was running around the world trying to save Hersh.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Label dishes clearly and note reheating instructions on masking tape.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Lewis, 58, reportedly did so after being arrested last December and accused by the Pompton Lakes Police Department of taping a 9-year-old student’s head to his desk for roughly an hour using masking tape.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Some of the rolls of masking tape went faster than others, especially when Goldberg-Polin was running around the world trying to save Hersh.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Masking tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masking%20tape. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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