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videotape

[vid-ee-oh-tayp] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌteɪp /


NOUN
videocassette
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If there is a videotape, all the better.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Wouldn’t it be natural to think that goods or services from a videotape service provider would be video-related services?” asked Justice Clarence Thomas.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

In the early 80s, Grampian became the first UK regional TV company to gather the day's news footage on videotape - ending the need to spend hours developing and processing film.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

They were remarkably consistent even when she showed the students just two seconds of videotape.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Four boxes of material, including computers, phones, hard drives and old videotapes, were handed to police by Meghan's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, last week.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

As I watched Sunday’s fights, I kept asking myself: how did we go from stolen VHS videotapes in the 1990s to all this?

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

These videotapes consisted of family events that held personal meaning, and historical events and moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

“What you planning to do with all them videotapes you’re making?”

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

Twiggs' videotaped interview with prosecutors was played in July during the hearing.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

After both planes landed in the United Kingdom, Trump was videotaped coming down the steps from the larger jet, before making his way to the new retrofitted Air Force One.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Allan initially appeared willing to engage, but grew irate when he realized he was being videotaped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

“I refuse to have us videotaped throwing someone to the ground while they have a child in their hands,” one ICE agent told a police officer at the scene.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

Over the course of his career, Schoenfeld has videotaped countless students as they worked on math problems.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Terry said they started videotaping “Let’s Get Haunted” about a year ago solely to produce short clips to promote the show on TikTok and other platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“A lot of times they’ll be secretly videotaping you or recording you.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

I also remember videotaping one medic’s baby daughter before we returned to deploy with the unit into Iraq.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

But the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a New York City-based group that focuses on privacy and civil rights, called the videotaping “highly concerning” and that attendees were being surveilled without their consent.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Except for my dad, because he was too busy videotaping everyone with a camera he rented from the video store.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky


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