as in video
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances
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Recent Examples of tape recording
On the first day of his trial, May 3, 1976, prosecutors won the right to introduce a tape recording of his station-house confession.
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
By retirement in 1986, Burger had written more than 250 decisions, including the 1974 opinion in U.S. v. Nixon that required the president to surrender subpoenaed tape recordings and documents for use in his impeachment trial.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
The Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that then-President Richard Nixon had to turn over tape recordings to a special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
These include covers of the National Enquirer, agreements, texts, emails, telephone call records, videos and the Trump/Cohen tape recording.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
By retirement in 1986, Burger had written more than 250 decisions, including the 1974 opinion in U.S. v. Nixon that required the president to surrender subpoenaed tape recordings and documents for use in his impeachment trial.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
The Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that then-President Richard Nixon had to turn over tape recordings to a special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
These include covers of the National Enquirer, agreements, texts, emails, telephone call records, videos and the Trump/Cohen tape recording.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape recording
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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People share videos all over the internet of parrots playing with one another and playing games with their owners.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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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
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Other factors, like temperature, limited air circulation, low humidity levels and irritating substances including biosensors and tape can also affect an astronaut's skin, the Biomedicines report states.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Outside, a school bus lay on its side, hurled against the building by the storm, with yellow caution tape keeping onlookers at a distance.—
Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recording. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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