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recorder

[ri-kawr-der] / rɪˈkɔr dər /
NOUN
chronicler
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Turkish authorities found the cockpit voice recorder and black box from a private jet that crashed Wednesday killing the head of Libya's armed forces and his four aides.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Meanwhile the flight data recorder, he suggests, may have registered the command to shut off the fuel supply, rather than any physical movement of the cutoff switches in the cockpit.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“Kissinger” teases viewers with an animated credit sequence prominently featuring a tape recorder.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

It’s for stories, Holly said, grabbing the recorder from me, turning it on and speaking into it.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson