Thesaurus results for TAPE RECORDINGS

tape recordings

noun

plural of tape recording

as in videos

a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances

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Recent Examples of tape recordings For instance, recent research by Liana Zanette of Western University, London, Ontario, and colleagues has shown that tape recordings of human voices startle a whole host of large African mammals, from warthogs to giraffes. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026

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The videos quickly went viral, with lines forming outside the hut as people journeyed to the site, eager to try one for themselves.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Despite the rays shining down over me, the display was still visible enough to cut through the glare and keep text, images, and videos easy to see.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of videos

Noun

Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
The company over time grew from offering records, to cassette tapes, then CDs, eventually adding videotapes, then DVDs and Blu-rays to its mail-order offerings.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of videotapes

Noun

In other words, after spinning her wheels for a year in Hollywood, living with bedbugs and helping other actors with their self-tapes, Cline had to fly back home to South Carolina to land the role that would make her career.

— Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Columbia House became a household name in the 1980s and 1990s for offering monthly deliveries of records, tapes, CDs and later DVDs each month.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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