audiocassette
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of audiocassette
First recorded in 1965–70; audio- ( def. ) + cassette ( def. )
Example Sentences
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In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: “Is it live or is it Memorex?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024
A audiocassette of the soundtrack is stashed somewhere in my house; every so often, I listen to it on Spotify and am again transported by Morricone’s soaring music.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
At my feet is his eight-track audiocassette, and a red telephone with speed dial buttons bearing mysterious initials: JL, YL, JP, YP – who were they, and what did Elvis want with them?
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2018
The Northwest Film Forum will show the documentary “Notes on Blindness,” about a man who keeps a diary on audiocassette after he goes blind, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 13-15.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2017
Before leaving New York, I enrolled in a monthlong French class taught by a beautiful young Parisian woman who had us memorize a series of dialogues from an audiocassette that accompanied our textbook.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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