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
Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2025
But he’s been playing without tape on the ankle and his swing looks just as pristine this spring.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
The president's comments in the Oval Office echoed his sentiments from the interview, which was taped Thursday.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Noun
After the party broke up, Cal coaches adjourned to their offices to begin devouring Mississippi State tape.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2025
But he’s been playing without tape on the ankle and his swing looks just as pristine this spring.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Deb takes pieces of a cardboard box (props for sustainability), tapes them together, and numbers different flaps using distinct colors.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
The president's comments in the Oval Office echoed his sentiments from the interview, which was taped Thursday.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
Noun
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When the film showed in New York in 2006 at Lincoln Center, the theater played it off a videotape; in 2017, MoMA screened it from a file.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The team viewed the videotape after practice and learned that the kick was indeed good.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
16 Aug. 2024
Verb
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These fruits and vegetables are largely grown in Mexico, meaning they are roped up in President Donald Trump’s trade war.—
Rachel Sugar,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Why are private schools getting roped into the Homeschool Act?—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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TikTok Reacts So far, the video shared on Monday has over 777,000 likes and more than 2,600 comments.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Crime scene photos, body camera videos and interrogation tapes were released about a month after the women were sentenced.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This corded immersion blender sports a substantially more powerful 625 watts, a four-pronged blade, and five variable speed settings.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
20 Mar. 2025
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Do the most for the least tern in Huntington Beach Volunteers are needed 9 a.m. Saturday at Huntington State Beach to install cording along the fence around California least tern nests.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Humans are naturally wired to respond emotionally to unexpected events as a survival mechanism, but in a workplace setting, this instinct can sometimes lead to unnecessary chaos and miscommunication.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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They can be used both wired and wirelessly and have up to 85 hours of play time when fully charged.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Weapons can inflict status effects such as bleeding, and players need to quickly bandage themselves or risk bleeding out.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Hours later, a selfie video of Le Vaughn — his hand bandaged up — in a hospital bed surfaced online.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, had withheld some of the contents of the thread in his bombshell report Monday revealing that he had been looped in on plans to carry out attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2025
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According to the flight map, per FlightAware, the plane barely made it over the Atlantic Ocean, looping off the west coast of the country before returning back.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Her friends described seeing Jesperson on TV while watching the news, wearing an orange jumpsuit and chained up.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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One by one, the passengers, chained from hands and feet, are pushed along into armored vehicles and buses, transported to an infamous high-security prison.—
Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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