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videotape

[vid-ee-oh-teyp] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌteɪp /


NOUN
videocassette
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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

The secretly shared videotape was so satisfying that people literally died watching it, so frozen in their bliss that they forgot about their own human needs.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

“Adriana was afraid that, since there was nothing in the contract about videotape back when she did the voice and ‘Snow White’ was about to come out on videotape,” recalled Woodman.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2025

In her first few viewings of the videotape, Marcia Clark had the gnawing sense that he was lying.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2024

I use books, magazine articles, and a videotape.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

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

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2023

One of Braden’s digitized videotapes is of the tennis great Andre Agassi hitting a forehand.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Jurors heard from former OpenAI board members and executives - some in person, others via videotaped sworn depositions - detailing first-hand experiences of Altman allegedly failing to be forthright.

From BBC May 15, 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

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

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

“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

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

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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