tape recorder
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tape recorder
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
“Kissinger” teases viewers with an animated credit sequence prominently featuring a tape recorder.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
"We managed to con an afternoon with this new studio in King Street – it was a guy with a mixer and tape recorder."
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
Joined by several aides he’d tasked with helping him write his memoir, Johnson talked while a tape recorder kept track.
From Slate • May 19, 2025
The sun was baking the sidewalk and it was so hot I sat down on the steps, placing my tape recorder and notebook next to me.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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