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
Jim McKairnes, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
While paper documents are the most common source of classified information, photographs, maps, motion pictures, videotapes, databases, microfilms, hard drives, CDs and more can be classified.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
The sessions included male and female prostitutes, drug use, threats of violence and imprisonment in the hotel rooms where the acts were staged and videotaped.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2025
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Noun
The show was never nominated for Emmy Awards in writing or directing categories, and won just two in total, for videotape editing and for Sanford (the first black woman to win Best Comedy Actress).
—Jim McKairnes, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
While paper documents are the most common source of classified information, photographs, maps, motion pictures, videotapes, databases, microfilms, hard drives, CDs and more can be classified.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
Depositions often are videotaped, and the information that Jackman provides could one day be made public.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
The sessions included male and female prostitutes, drug use, threats of violence and imprisonment in the hotel rooms where the acts were staged and videotaped.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotape
Noun
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The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Learning the mechanics involved analyzing more than 75 videos of people doing manu jumps, then taking lab members to Georgia Tech’s pool to do more than 50 trial jumps, all filmed in high definition to capture exactly what their bodies were doing at each millisecond.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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In 2024, while filming a project in Atlanta, Serayah had a telling moment.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 May 2025
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Stock photo of crime scene tape from a shooting in Royal Oak, Michigan, on May 14, 2018.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Are you guys planning on doing another tape together?—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
30 May 2025
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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