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audiotape

American  
[aw-dee-oh-teyp] / ˈɔ di oʊˌteɪp /

noun

  1. magnetic tape for recording sound (videotape ).


Etymology

Origin of audiotape

First recorded in 1960–65; audio- + tape

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After the Bezos-owned Washington Post published the contents of the 2005 audiotape, former “Apprentice” producer Bill Pruitt said in a social media post that “there are far worse” Trump comments caught on tape.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

The scream-heavy sound design, fueled by audiotape excerpts from Smith’s sessions with Pazder, made my skin crawl, as did the twists about the lurid nature of their relationship.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

“It is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information,” Trump said, according to an audiotape of the meeting.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

No politician learned a harder lesson about the power of audiotape than Nixon.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2022

President Johnson listens to an audiotape sent from Vietnam by Captain Charles Robb, his son-in-law, 1968.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge