reel-to-reel
adjective
: of, relating to, or utilizing magnetic tape that requires threading on a take-up reel
a reel-to-reel tape recorder
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Galileo had been built in the eighties and used a reel-to-reel memory system.
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David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Fifty years before TikTok appeared in the app store, Hagin began broadcasting his sermons over the radio and selling reel-to-reel tapes to anyone willing to pay for them.
—Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Everything was on reel-to-reel before, and so all four of us would have to be in the recording studio to get something down.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
Her words are often heard over footage of a reel-to-reel tape recorder, in a way that draws attention to the power of her voice.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 July 2024
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David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Fifty years before TikTok appeared in the app store, Hagin began broadcasting his sermons over the radio and selling reel-to-reel tapes to anyone willing to pay for them.
—Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Everything was on reel-to-reel before, and so all four of us would have to be in the recording studio to get something down.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
Her words are often heard over footage of a reel-to-reel tape recorder, in a way that draws attention to the power of her voice.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 July 2024
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“Reel-to-reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reel-to-reel. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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