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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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Kushner sent the resulting video tape to his sister.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2024

“A year ago, without video tape, it would not have had the same outcome,” he said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2023

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

According to the prosecution a major piece of evidence in the upcoming trial lies in a video tape.

From BBC May 2, 2019

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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