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
Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2025
One of the memorable moments comes at the beginning, with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley riding around London circa 1981 on their bicycles, hitting up record companies with their tapes.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
The Bucks’ training staff taped Antetokounmpo’s hand during an injury timeout, which allowed Antetokounmpo to finish the first half.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
And don't forget to label either with a sharpie directly on the bag or even with a piece of tape marked with the date, just so everyone can keep track.
—Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2025
One of the memorable moments comes at the beginning, with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley riding around London circa 1981 on their bicycles, hitting up record companies with their tapes.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
Some of those shows have aired live, though the Jan. 26 edition will be taped in advance.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
The Bucks’ training staff taped Antetokounmpo’s hand during an injury timeout, which allowed Antetokounmpo to finish the first half.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 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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When Michael is roped into a nefarious plot to enact a fake murder, he is drawn ever closer to danger.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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That song became a highlight of the group’s shows, during which Hudson reliable performed an extended, improvised solo that roped in bits of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor on its way to stops at classical, jazz and soul.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At the end of the surveillance video, one member of the group sprinted away while the other two fled on foot.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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However, the varying hues along the spectrum of solitude stretch from intense (alone in a cabin in the woods, lacking even your phone) to being alone but having some kind of engagement with others (spending a solitary afternoon watching cooking videos or reading blog posts).—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Some are flat like cleaning rags and others are corded and looped like a regular mop.—
Lauren Finney Harden,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
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Think a $32 42-inch TCL smart TV or $5 Philips Sonic rechargeable electric toothbrushes, 12-piece Wahl dog clipper kits or Black & Decker corded blowers.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
The Indianapolis Star,
26 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Instead, the directed the money be wired to his personal bank account.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Instead of featuring their star sign (tired), the robe is decorated with the official flower of their birth month (wired).—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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We’ve been bloodied and bandaged and bloodied again.—
Charles Moss,
SPIN,
17 Dec. 2024
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In the wastelands of Kabul, where American largesse never quite bandaged the scars of the Soviet war.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Schwartz said Madigan wasn’t just involved in the scheme, and he was not just looped in by his co-defendant Michael McClain.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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The clip loops footage from Swift’s Nov. 12, 2021, appearance on The Tonight Show.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Officers found the child chained to the top railing of a bunk bed in Lebanon on Jan. 11, WHTM and police reported.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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In broad daylight last year, wolves killed and ate a valuable sled dog chained to its kennel just outside Ely, Minnesota.—
Al Wolter,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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