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tape

[tayp] / teɪp /
NOUN
ribbon of material
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VERB
record sounds, sights
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With a gentle shove, he guided the animal out of the trap and into an anesthesia chamber rigged from duct tape and PVC pipe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Its all the same: the same piano feel, the same microphone placement, the same tape machine, has been used on every single one of these tracks."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

If you want to hear what passes for rigor in Weiss’ newsroom, the tape is available.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

After practice, the guard was seen with kinesiology tape snaking up his right calf while working on the court with assistant coaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A pin on her shirt says Legendary Gra with Auntie Bernadette written on masking tape over the rest.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Contest judge Sarah Lee, who reviewed about 500 tapes, said it was an effective tool for weeding out the phonies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The statute defines “videotape service provider” to include any person in the business of delivering “prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

The detectives brought the bags of tapes into the room where Bayoumi was being questioned - and some of the footage was played to him.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

As part of his prep work, Hunnam tried to obtain the tapes from an interview conducted with Gein soon after his arrest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

No doubt the fairies were reviewing the tapes of their first negotiating session, searching for anything that would give them a way in.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

I taped over pictures of myself and put away anything with personal information, so that Tau Robotics’ bipedal robots wouldn’t collect any identifying data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The new ones are 1½ inches shorter and need to be taped closed, an added step that will cost money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

There was a small kitchen, with a sign taped to the fridge: “Please clean up after yourself no maid service here!!!”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

My mom taped it when it first aired on cable a couple of years later and since it was based on a beloved board game, I was invested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Early the next morning, Pepe San Román and Erneido Oliva stood in a tiny building on the beach, studying maps taped to the concrete walls.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

“We have not missed a beat,” Edwards said as he, Lucey and Barberie relaxed in an office lounge after a recent taping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Why not still play it if you still love it?” he said during a live taping of “The Shop” podcast at Fanatics Fest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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

“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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