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cassette

[kuh-set, ka-] / kəˈsɛt, kæ- /
NOUN
cartridge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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In 1986, Bruce Pavitt was just a music-loving guy putting out a cassette zine and writing a column in Seattle’s bi-weekly music paper, “The Rocket.”

From Salon Jun. 9, 2026

A lively, talkative little girl, she spoke fluent Korean at the time, and her adoptive father recorded her on a cassette that then sat gathering dust for years.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

Modern versions of retro staples like a portable cassette player and a vinyl display cabinet hit the perfect note for a passionate spinner.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Finding shows made before 2008 required a production assistant to search through shelves of cassette cases, some with only a Post-It note to identify what was inside.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

The other item in the shoe box was Dad’s old Walkman cassette player and a cassette in its plastic case.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

Somewhere in the bowels of my music collection hides 1985’s George Clinton-produced “Freaky Styley” and 1987’s “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan” on crumbling cassettes.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

He’s just old enough to remember cassettes as a child: “My mom had books on tape like ‘Winnie the Pooh,’ but I wasn’t out buying tapes.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

Even more profoundly, cassettes democratized access to the act of recording itself since cassette technology required minimal infrastructure and cost.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

Vishal Kalita's collection of music cassettes has turned his residence in India's Assam state into a private museum.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2025

Naughty by Nature, LL Cool J, Run-D.M.C., and Heavy D & The Boyz; we had left home with only these cassettes and the clothes that we wore.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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