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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

One day, when I was a kid, I found a videotape of The Midnight Special TV show from 1973 at the bottom of my mother’s underwear drawer.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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

But there is an instructional set of videotapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

Linda Price, a marketing professor at the University of Nebraska and a pioneer in Maven research, has made videotapes of interviews she’s done with a number of Mavens.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

During a videotaped electroenchephalogram to test Linton for possible epileptic episodes, Linton also jerked and twitched on six different occasions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

Two years later, I had my first videotaped film audition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

A few days later I had to go to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Department, where they videotaped my statement.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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

In a statement, a Walmart spokesperson said the company had taken additional measures related to guns and ammunition, including ending sales of handguns and military-style rifles and videotaping the point of sale for firearms.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

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

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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