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
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
One of them is the location of his trove of missing tapes, which some believe detail how his $1 million estate, the Fox Hollow Farm, became his personal killing field.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
Her method involves using a container to trap the spider, and then taping said container to the wall to ensure the spider cannot escape.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The key indexes fell through a trap door right from the latest all-time high set on Feb. 19, at least until the final minutes of Friday’s session, when a huge cluster of buy orders set for the month-end close met a shaken and mildly oversold tape to drive a quick 1.5% levitation in the S & P 500.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
One of them is the location of his trove of missing tapes, which some believe detail how his $1 million estate, the Fox Hollow Farm, became his personal killing field.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
Step 1: Open the box Cross-country shipping usually requires that beds-in-a-box come securely taped up.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
Her method involves using a container to trap the spider, and then taping said container to the wall to ensure the spider cannot escape.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 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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This quirky Turkish dramedy series tells the tale of a down-and-out sports betting writer for a newspaper who is roped into teaming up with the ghost of a bossy business tycoon demanding to crack his own murder case.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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At Shauna’s, Misty gets roped into drinking with Callie and Lottie under the guise of having a sleepover.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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So she was shocked when popular commentary creator Cali — who has over 400,000 followers over two accounts — screen-recorded her video and began mocking her choices as extravagant and far too expensive.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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Payne was remembered at the music awards ceremony with a moving photograph and video montage of him as a child with his family, through his teenage years and onto his success with One Direction after the five members were put together on the UK reality TV show The X Factor in 2011.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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
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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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Their brains are wired to do things most human beings don’t appreciate and can’t do.—
Cale Clinton,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Here’s a fact that’s important to remember: Kids are wired to want to learn.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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A little while later, Stewart — whose hand had been bandaged during the commercial break — made a joke about the incident, while also acknowledging just how bad the cut was.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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After sedating the bobcat, veterinary staff took X-rays and bandaged her paws, according to the nonprofit.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Crescent Bend Nature Park This 190-acre park in nearby Schertz has a single 1.6-mile circular gravel trail that can be looped for a longer trek or bike ride.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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The prospect runs a straight line from the first cone to the second and then loops around the second and third cones.—
RJ Kraft,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The White House is facing backlash after sharing a video on social media captioned as an ASMR clip, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents chaining undocumented migrants before a deportation flight.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Spending months in dark damp tunnels, bodies chained to walls, humans forced to grovel like animals.—
Greg Palkot,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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