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videotape

[vid-ee-oh-tayp] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌteɪp /


NOUN
videocassette
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“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

It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025

The judges ruled that “compelling and coherent evidence,” including a videotape in which Abd-Al-Rahman says he is Ali Kushayb, showed that he was the militia leader in question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

I use books, magazine articles, and a videotape.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

After production stopped following the 1985 season, the show lived on in syndication, alongside a series of books and videotapes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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

We spent hours on the phone, and he shared old videotapes and other materials.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

He resigned just as he was starting a third term and fled the country in disgrace after leaked videotapes showed his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing lawmakers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

The bookshelves, window sills, radiators, and all other flat surfaces are piled high with anthologies of plays, copies of scripts, and videotapes and sound tracks of Broadway productions.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett ordered Trump to sit for a videotaped deposition to take questions from the BBC’s lawyers by Dec. 11.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 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

In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

At least three of her so-called friends had even videotaped the show, and one of them stopped by after dinner to drop off the cassette.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

She was particularly concerned when her favorite show, “Armchair Expert,” started videotaping interviews.

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

John Hacker, a Portland-area activist who began videotaping far-right rallies and identifying extremists on social media in 2016, said he is regularly targeted online by the far right with hateful comments.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Lipman-Stern first met Pespas while working at a telemarketing firm as a teenager in the early 2000s, videotaping the wild goings-on in the office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

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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