cassette
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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
The store initially sold Levi’s jeans, records and cassette tapes and tapped into the counterculture vibe that was sweeping the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
In scenes reminiscent of '80s Hollywood blockbuster Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Steve Wainwright lives in his home among huge objects including a giant pencil, clothes peg, audio cassette and a 13-amp plug.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 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
I suppose it was originally an LP—the recording date’s 1956—but what I had was the cassette, and the cover picture was what must have been a scaled-down version of the record sleeve.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing cassette
Power Suffix: -ette
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