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
Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 17 July 2025
An attached photo shows a notice of intent to file a lawsuit taped on the apartment’s door in late January.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
Bootlegs of the 1994 Fantastic Four have long been traded on VHS tape, and aren't hard to find online.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 July 2025
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Noun
While taping his Thursday show, host Stephen Colbert made the surprising announcement that CBS is ending his late night show in May.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 17 July 2025
An attached photo shows a notice of intent to file a lawsuit taped on the apartment’s door in late January.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Verb
The police tape was gone and the trash had been cleared out of the parking lot by the time Pastor Donovan Price returned July 21, a Monday.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
Bootlegs of the 1994 Fantastic Four have long been traded on VHS tape, and aren't hard to find online.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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The inadvertent launch of the saucer was caught on videotape, as was the panic after Falcon’s older brother, Bradford, yelled that the 6-year-old could not be located.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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When Combs was first indicted on RICO charges, and news broke that federal agents had seized videotapes from his homes in raids, onlookers forecast a massive reckoning for the entertainment industry.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Salvador Perez then roped a ground-rule double, and former Florida Gators star Jac Caglianone, who was hitting .143 entering the game, cleared the bases with a two-run double into the gap in center for a 3-0 lead.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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Dressed in jeans, cowboy boots and hats and leather jackets, the family band has no problem roping the studio audience in with its irresistible energy and instantly hummable tune.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
25 July 2025
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Surveillance video appears to show a man in a white shirt — later identified by cops as Mora Nunez — get off the moped and approach them from behind, gun in hand.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Thread the rope or cord through the holes in the pool noodle pieces, connecting them.—
Maryal Miller Carter,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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It can be used corded or cordless (20 hours), and the misting attachment can keep you up to 10 degrees cooler.—
Terri Williams,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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And that only happens when your leadership system is wired to build trust at the speed of growth.—
Carrie Moore,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Secure some heavy string or wire around one of the end posts about 2 inches from the ground.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Julianne Finch, a Bakersfield financial advisor, bandaged blisters on her feet.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it!—
Lynn Zovighian,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The route through the area that will be closed will loop along the Cumberland River and extend through neighborhoods like Rolling Mill Hill and the Gulch.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 July 2025
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There was just one problem: Top House Republicans weren’t looped in.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
17 July 2025
Verb
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Many vacuums now have built-in multifunctionality; the days of chaining your separate robot vacuum and robot mop together are long gone.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
19 July 2025
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But being chained to the floor or to a bed, this was not possible.—
Alann B. Steen,
Outdoor Life,
10 July 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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