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videotape

[vid-ee-oh-tayp] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌteɪp /


NOUN
videocassette
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“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

Ampex invented the first videotape recorder for professional use in 1956, a $50,000 machine that CBS used to tape and broadcast reruns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025

Hearing him retell it—seeing how impassive he looked in a videotape of the court proceeding, it’s hard to make sense of how singular and important the moment was for him.

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

I had videotapes of a show I did with Norm a few years before he died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

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

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

The psychologist Nalini Ambady once gave students three ten-second videotapes of a teacher—with the sound turned off—and found they had no difficulty at all coming up with a rating of the teacher’s effectiveness.

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

Two years later, I had my first videotaped film audition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

I finally videotaped about fifteen minutes of him sleeping, which I thought would settle the issue.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

She was particularly concerned when her favorite show, “Armchair Expert,” started videotaping interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

John Hacker, a Portland-area activist who began videotaping far-right rallies and identifying extremists on social media in 2016, said he is regularly targeted online by the far right with hateful comments.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 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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