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tape

[teyp] / teɪp /
NOUN
ribbon of material
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VERB
record sounds, sights
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But he added: “Even so, a broad-index cycle turning down from a projected high, arriving alongside Friday’s Growth unwind and a still-stretched tape, adds materially to the weight of evidence for a choppy-to-lower summer.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The Pentagon has held up SpaceX as an example of companies that can help the military cut through red tape and more quickly field weapons and other capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

A highly specific 35 percent cut to government red tape using A.I.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

The ticker tape had barely settled in Austria before Bulgaria's national broadcaster BNT confirmed Sofia as next year's host city.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

As they would later learn, a guard had spotted the tape on the garage door.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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