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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

Poverty, unemployment and bureaucratic red tape force tens of millions of Africans into work that is not regulated, taxed or protected by the government.

From Barron's 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

Footage published on Citizen showed what appeared to be a body covered by a white cloth lying by the lake near some yellow caution tape strung between a railing and a palm tree.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 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

We recently recovered the air checks from that day, the actual tapes of the broadcast.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

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

The mail-order club would offer customers eight to 12 CDs, tapes, records — and, in later years, DVDs and blu-rays — for a penny.

From Salon Aug. 21, 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

I hope these tapes mean more to you than that.

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

The original series was a multi-camera sitcom taped in front of a studio audience — and Allen initially thought any sequel of it would follow that same blueprint.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 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

Several of the officers whom Flores taped said he often talked about wanting to win the “LAPD lottery,” meaning he intended to sue the department and retire on his winnings, according to the motion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

A “Missing” sign with her picture was taped to a pole in Brooklyn, New York, asking for help finding her.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

“Most courts say this exception only applies only to taping for criminal investigations,” Seager said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Maniscalco pulls audiences in with contortionist levels of body language that he uses to demonstrate his observations of absurd human behavior, from splitting dinner tabs with Venmo to taping our mouths shut for sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

That WWE ring sees unexpected action late Sunday afternoon, while MMA fighter and professional annoying person Logan Paul is taping an especially irritating episode of his Impaulsive podcast.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Kids are everywhere, taping paper chain to the walls, and custodians are atop tall ladders, covering the higher, harder to reach places.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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