as in videotapes
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 tapes
Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
The album did not have a wide audience at the time of its release; only a handful of tapes were put out and sold.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Moving tapes and CDs through record stores, DJ gigs, car shows and street sales, Swishahouse evolved into a label, a promotional platform and a testing ground for Houston’s talent that was a response to (and often conflicted with) DJ Screw’s rise on the southside of Houston.
—Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
Casting as an artistic discipline has been around in its current form for decades, despite the proliferation of Zoom and self-tapes.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
Sherri, which tapes live at New York City’s Chelsea Studios in front of a studio audience, will continue to air its current Season 4, with episodes to wrap in the fall.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
Walsh recorded the footage on VHS, and many of those tapes were in storage.
—Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Tabulator tapes for every voting machine used.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
But dozens of Hi8 tapes wound up being stored in boxes in her home for decades.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
Fleming tapes all their games and studies their opponents.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
The album did not have a wide audience at the time of its release; only a handful of tapes were put out and sold.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Moving tapes and CDs through record stores, DJ gigs, car shows and street sales, Swishahouse evolved into a label, a promotional platform and a testing ground for Houston’s talent that was a response to (and often conflicted with) DJ Screw’s rise on the southside of Houston.
—Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
Casting as an artistic discipline has been around in its current form for decades, despite the proliferation of Zoom and self-tapes.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
Sherri, which tapes live at New York City’s Chelsea Studios in front of a studio audience, will continue to air its current Season 4, with episodes to wrap in the fall.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
Walsh recorded the footage on VHS, and many of those tapes were in storage.
—Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Tabulator tapes for every voting machine used.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
But dozens of Hi8 tapes wound up being stored in boxes in her home for decades.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapes
Noun
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Within weeks, sales of videotapes, CDs, and audio cassettes of her performance raised more than $500,000 for the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But prompts can also contain other videos and images.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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The capture of those videos was a relief, offering authorities and the public some information to use in hopes of finding Guthrie.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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To address this, Ivo uses a multi-step pipeline that chains together more than 400 model calls for each contract review.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Tokyo Central is owned by Japanese company Pan Pacific Retail Management, which also runs the grocery chains Gelson’s and Don Quijote.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Tapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapes. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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