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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

“I’m always doing good. You know I started making that videotape for you. When I get it edited I’ll bring it over and show it to you.”

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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

He said he had taught himself how to read English by looking at videotapes of people like Dave Chappelle and me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

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

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

He was spending much more time organising religious activities in the Muslim community, which he often videotaped.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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

Detectives then read him his Miranda rights, and he made a second videotaped confession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Freeman declined to discuss the claim beyond her videotaped statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

I videotaped the outside of the store and then started working my way down the street.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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

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

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

Peer tutors on the platform certify they are qualified for their jobs by scoring at least 90% on the course exam and videotaping themselves explaining how they solved each problem on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

He went 5-17 the rest of the way in Denver, with the last straw appearing to be a Spygate-like videotaping scandal that earned McDaniels and the team separate fines from the league.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022

I never thought about writing poetry before, but Mr. Ward said he’s going to start videotaping our Friday sessions.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes


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