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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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025

“But I think he was right. Just because you made a good videotape doesn’t make you a good person.”

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. 30, 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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

The Bureau had kept surveillance videotapes of comings and goings into the Soviet embassy, filmed from a secret location across the street.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

News reporters came and videotaped Russ signing the agreement, accepting a scholarship.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Under the First Amendment, anyone in the U.S. has the right to engage in peaceful protest, which can include yelling, using profane language, videotaping officers and following them in a car, legal experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 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

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

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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