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videotape

[vid-ee-oh-tayp] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌteɪp /


NOUN
videocassette
Synonyms






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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

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

They were remarkably consistent even when she showed the students just two seconds of videotape.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Two dozen works are on view, including sculptures, installations, videotapes, drawings and prints, plus the artist’s book “LAAir,” featuring 10 full-page color photographs said to show the city’s famous smog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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

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

Twiggs' videotaped interview with prosecutors was played in July during the hearing.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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

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

Partners has a strict policy against videotaping “because it could reveal proprietary processes,” the lawsuit said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Most of his undergraduate students in his course on race and police violence have turned the strike into research projects by videotaping interviews with picketing workers, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022

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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