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
Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Jessica Klein October 30, 2024 8:01 AM EDT Getting lash extensions can be an uncomfortable process, involving lying with tape under your eyes on a bed for two hours.
—Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Trump is taping an appearance on the massively popular interview show on Friday after Harris had been reported to be in discussions with Rogan to do the same.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
It’s been nearly 20 years since the infamous Access Hollywood tape involving Donald Trump and Billy Bush was recorded, but thanks to a recent social media trend, some members of Generation Z are just discovering it for the first time.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Jessica Klein October 30, 2024 8:01 AM EDT Getting lash extensions can be an uncomfortable process, involving lying with tape under your eyes on a bed for two hours.
—Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Nearly 17,000 gas stations go dry, turning pit stops into parking lots as panicked Americans try to fuel up before attendants tape off yet another empty pump.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Trump is taping an appearance on the massively popular interview show on Friday after Harris had been reported to be in discussions with Rogan to do the same.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
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The film concludes with Henry refreshing Lucy’s memory each morning with a videotape reminding her of their love story.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The vignettes each have a formula: A videotape rewind through relevant events in pop culture history for each of the characters before settling on a time that proved most pivotal or illuminating for the show’s purposes.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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Fernando Valenzuela literally roped me into his life.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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However, José Ramírez roped an RBI double to make it 6-3.Homero De la Fuente, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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In a video posted this week on YouTube, what appears to be the same purple BMW is seen racing from multiple angles.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But ditto for Bad Bunny, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and Harrison Ford, who recorded a video, warning voters about the grave threat Trump presented to democracy.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Just keep in mind that it’s corded, which has some pros and cons.Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024
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Lively sported a moss corded lace halter dress from Michael Kors’ spring 2025 collection, which debuted in September during New York Fashion Week.Hannah Malach, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
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Wear rubber gloves and clip a mangled licking branch (which holds the forehead and saliva scent of several bucks and does) from atop an active scrape and wire it over a mock scrape near your stand.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Though we are wired to believe more is better, the opposite is actually true.Shira Gill, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite the incident, the reporter, Ryan Gamboa, continued covering the event after being bandaged by Kunce and was then treated for a minor injury at a hospital.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement In an interview with ABC7, Deasy appears battered, with a bloody forehead and bandaged and bruised arms.Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Missing an island or point of interest means waiting a full minute or longer for Shipshape to loop around the currents and bring it back into view again.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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The splitting and merging of particles in more complicated interactions translate into surfaces with holes for the curves to loop around, but the procedure remains the same.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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In episode six there’s a disturbing scene at a milk factory where women are chained and their breast milk is being pumped into babies.Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
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Creativity doesn’t happen when people are chained to their desks five days a week.Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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