as in video
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital
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Recent Examples of videotape
EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2020, Lohan found herself on videotape with Meyers, Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, and Lisa Ann Walter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Camille Gantzer, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Israeli soldiers have videotaped themselves burning food supplies and ransacking homes.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki, Ringu centers on a journalist who looks into the mystery behind a cryptic videotape whose viewers die seven days after watching it.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2020, Lohan found herself on videotape with Meyers, Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, and Lisa Ann Walter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Camille Gantzer, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
Lane filmed himself in 2001 wrapping a noose around his girlfriend’s neck and removing a chair under her, all while videotaping it.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Israeli soldiers have videotaped themselves burning food supplies and ransacking homes.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—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
Verb
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Chinese journalists have unexpectedly filmed a report with the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the first time – and even took part in shelling Russian positions.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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In fact, Beauty in Black season 2 may already be filming.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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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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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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