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
Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Good luck getting the unsettling videotape footage out of your head.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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
But the regulators found no documentation of hospital employees interviewed, no interview details and no documentation of a videotape review.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Good luck getting the unsettling videotape footage out of your head.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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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In a video shared by a fan to social media, the singer waits for the perfect moment to slide down and pull her outfit back up, on beat.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Beyoncé continues her Cowboy Carter Tour in London, and Patrick Schwarzenegger and Aimee Lou Wood tape a video in Los Angeles.—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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In July 2022, the Santa Barbara Independent confirmed that the season was filmed at Dos Pueblos Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The sets were filmed last summer during Hartbeat Weekend at Resorts World Las Vegas.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 June 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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Flush it or suffocate it with tape Worst: Crush it to death Ticks can be difficult to kill.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 May 2025
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotape. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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