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
Past courts ruled unanimously in cases involving a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton and President Richard M. Nixon’s tape recordings of conversations sought during the Watergate investigation.
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Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
On the first day of his trial, May 3, 1976, prosecutors won the right to introduce a tape recording of his station-house confession.
—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
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Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
On the first day of his trial, May 3, 1976, prosecutors won the right to introduce a tape recording of his station-house confession.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape recording
Noun
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The video blew up online, racking up over 437,000 views and counting.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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For Stalter, a stand-up comedian who became a go-to scene stealer on Hacks, Too Much proved to be an unexpected gift from Dunham, who wrote the female protagonist with Stalter’s voice in mind after discovering her videos on TikTok.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Combs’ defense team freely admitted that his relationship with Ventura was violent, as seen in an infamous 2016 videotape of Combs beating Ventura in an elevator lobby at the InterContinental hotel in Los Angeles.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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When Combs was first indicted on RICO charges, and news broke that federal agents had seized videotapes from his homes in raids, onlookers forecast a massive reckoning for the entertainment industry.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 July 2025
Noun
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In early 1951 and 1952, Guthrie recorded these songs himself using one microphone on a reel-to-reel tape machine at his family’s two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
14 July 2025
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The packaging — centered around a collage-style tape motif — was intentionally designed to evoke the DIY aesthetic of teen bedrooms and skateboard decks.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Tape recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape%20recording. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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