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
Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
However, by the early 2000s, VHS tapes began to lose ground as DVDs offered better picture quality, smaller discs, and easier navigation.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
By Monday night, snow showers and high winds will tape off.
—Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Noun
During warm-ups on Tuesday, Donovan Sebrango appeared to have been the only Panthers player to wrap rainbow tape onto his hockey stick.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
However, by the early 2000s, VHS tapes began to lose ground as DVDs offered better picture quality, smaller discs, and easier navigation.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
As a deputy was putting crime scene tape up at the second shooting location, the suspect drove up and hit him, pushing the deputy about 40 feet, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
By Monday night, snow showers and high winds will tape off.
—Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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Back in the 1960s, there wasn't a home video market, and videotape was expensive, so it was erased for reuse.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Set in the ’90s, the game tasks players with such activities as stocking shelves, manning the checkout counter, and balancing the daily books; sometimes a videotape needs to be rewound, or a patron disputes a late fee.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The discussion over the 2004 conditional-use permit likely will rope in the St. Paul City Council and the mayor’s office, as well as city planners.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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Case in point: Valerie’s long-suffering documentarian, Jane (Laura Silverman, also back), who quit during her Broadway fiasco and gets roped back in — in between shifts working the cash register at Trader Joe’s.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After a video review, the referee ruled the stick was at or below the cross bar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The stars of that team, Deron Williams and Dee Brown, sat together at Saturday’s game, drawing huge cheers when they were shown on the video board.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The optical fibers that wire our world are predominantly made from silicon dioxide, which also makes up beach sand.—
John Ballato,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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Itum caused Helios employees to wire money from MoviePass and Helios accounts to a Kaleidoscope bank account to pay the sham invoices.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His face was scratched and his arm was bandaged.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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He was hooked up to an IV along with several monitors and his arm and hand were bandaged.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This flight path allows Orion spacecraft to loop behind the moon and use gravity to naturally guide the spacecraft back to Earth, while giving the astronauts an opportunity to test life-support systems, navigation, communications and deep-space operations.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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You’re meant to wander, to loop, to get lost, to come back.—
Jerry Saltz,
Curbed,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The others would increase it to $20 an hour next year or chain future increase in the minimum wage to an inflation marker.—
Wheeler Cowperthwaite,
The Providence Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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Her family said she was chained to her hospital bed.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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