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video tape

British  

noun

  1. magnetic tape used mainly for recording the vision and sound signals of a television programme or film for subsequent transmission

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to record (a programme, film, etc) on video tape

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Correspondent Amy Robach is heard venting on a leaked video tape that ABC would not air a 2015 interview with an Epstein victim.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2023

In the team meeting, Scolari played a video tape of Brazil's highlights, interspersed with fans praising their heroes.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2022

“We’ll have to look at the video tape and see what that looked like and he can continue to go forward. He had some positive moments and some moments he wants back.”

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2022

But the slam dunk in this episode—or what’s presented as one—comes later, when Smerling plays a video tape of Stoeckley, who died in 1983, being interviewed by Beasley and Ted Gunderson, a former FBI agent.

From Slate Oct. 2, 2020

Aimee had been too young to see the movie Clueless when it first came out in theaters, but she had seen it several times since then, and she owned the video tape.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

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