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tape

[teyp] / teɪp /
NOUN
ribbon of material
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VERB
record sounds, sights
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The studies evaluated 12 different approaches, including laser therapy, electrical stimulation, knee braces, insoles, kinesiology tape, water-based therapy, exercise, and ultrasound.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Poverty, unemployment and bureaucratic red tape force tens of millions of Africans into work that is not regulated, taxed or protected by the government.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Darth Vader sports useless tape recorder-style buttons on his chest plate.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

A copy of the tape was sent to the FBI office in New York, where it was viewed, one agent told us.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

There was a list on white paper, stuck to the wall with yellowed Scotch tape that my grandmother—my mother’s mother—had written years ago.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

We recently recovered the air checks from that day, the actual tapes of the broadcast.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

The tapes contain interviews between Biden, now 83, and a ghostwriter working on his 2017 memoir, titled Promise Me, Dad.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

On this day in 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that President Richard Nixon must turn over subpoenaed White House tapes, unanimously rejecting claims the president has the right to keep his government affairs secret.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

They stole my first Walkman and all my cassette tapes and our cat got out and never came back.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Mr. Adams had also been struck by the fliers taped up around New York in which relatives and friends of the missing at the World Trade Center sought information about their loved ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

An unusual police presence has been reported at some courts, which have been taped off to prevent access.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

In 2018, one episode was taped in a jeep while driving on a muddy road in Kenya and shaking back and forth.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

"Now it's 100 percent better," Arevalo added from inside the cart, where several two-dollar bills are taped to a wall -- for good luck, he explained.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Noah's mother had taped the press conference and sent it to Noah's Grandma Sadie and Grandpa Nate who, in turn, shared it with everyone in the clubhouse at Century Village.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

Others took a more simple do-it-yourself approach, taping their cards between two star-shaped pieces of paper.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

“Why not still play it if you still love it?” he said during a live taping of “The Shop” podcast at Fanatics Fest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Photographs shared online show some of them taping up windows and draping windproof nets across their homes and shops.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

You can be part of a live taping of the show, go to slate.com/breakfasttable to register for online access.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

After taping the paper in place, they returned the frame to the wall.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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