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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

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

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

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

He sent in a videotape and was quickly cast.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2024

That’s what you would have seen, if I showed you a videotape of our meeting.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 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

He resigned just as he was starting a third term and fled the country in disgrace after leaked videotapes showed his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing lawmakers.

From Seattle Times Dec. 6, 2023

Linda Price, a marketing professor at the University of Nebraska and a pioneer in Maven research, has made videotapes of interviews she’s done with a number of Mavens.

From "The Tipping Point" 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

In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.

From BBC Feb. 8, 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

A film crew videotaped Reggie’s entrance into jail on May 8.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Terry said they started videotaping “Let’s Get Haunted” about a year ago solely to produce short clips to promote the show on TikTok and other platforms.

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

“They were videotaping us and so several of us were videotaping them,” said an attendee, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2023

“Yeah, but my dad is videotaping it. And I can arrange it so I get to see the tape, and you don’t. Can’t I?”

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky




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