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tape

[teyp] / teɪp /
NOUN
ribbon of material
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VERB
record sounds, sights
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Adhesive tape allowed them to collect tiny mineral grains from the stones without damaging the monument.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Given Brammall is known more for comedy roles like “Colin,” he was asked to submit an audition tape.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

A copy of the tape was sent to the FBI office in New York, where it was viewed, one agent told us.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Germany's young defence firms face other hurdles, from lengthy security vetting for staff to red tape.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Then she put the bowl over the hole and stuck down the edges with good old duct tape.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

On the fifth anniversary, I focused not on the pictures of the event but the sounds, especially the tapes and transcripts of the last phone calls.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

The tapes contain interviews between Biden, now 83, and a ghostwriter working on his 2017 memoir, titled Promise Me, Dad.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

That’s expected to be the philosophy of O’Leary, who tutored his Western Michigan players by showing them tapes of the Chargers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

But the tapes need to be passed on.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

Mr. Adams had also been struck by the fliers taped up around New York in which relatives and friends of the missing at the World Trade Center sought information about their loved ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

In 2018, one episode was taped in a jeep while driving on a muddy road in Kenya and shaking back and forth.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

There is a large police presence in the Fitzroy Avenue area, appearing to show specialist officers at the scene with a section of road taped off.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The conversations were taped between March and October 2024 involving members of the department’s recruitment unit, whose officers are tasked with deciding who can join the police force.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The school nurse has a flyer taped up on the back of her door about some hoodie march they're planning for Tariq.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

A few months after moving here, Cassaday met her future business partner, Cory Jacob, at a podcast taping.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Others took a more simple do-it-yourself approach, taping their cards between two star-shaped pieces of paper.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

You can be part of a live taping of the show, go to slate.com/breakfasttable to register for online access.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

"They're designed to reflect heat and they are large, so they're ideal for taping to the window frame to reflect most of the light back out," he says.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

“Your name suits you perfectly. A trotter is someone who runs. So why don’t you run on home. But first you might like to know that I’m taping this whole conversation.”

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold




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