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Examples of tape recorder in a Sentence
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Unbeknownst to the mobsters, FBI agents in a separate location leaned forward in their seats, listening intently as the reels of a tape recorder spun.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
The visual exceptions are the clichéd, recurring establishing shots of an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorder, next to a martini glass.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
The magazine had its own unrestricted phone lines, cameras, and tape recorders; Rideau often reported outside the prison with unarmed escorts, and, on two occasions, attended a convention of newspaper editors in Washington, D.C.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Much of the time that Lefty spent in Milwaukee was in Cobb's undercover car, which had a tape recorder in it, which was wired.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
In the cold, the batteries in tape recorders and cellphones die.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Many journalists use tape recorders for interviews, for instance.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
George, who can't play a note of music himself, writes the group's songs by singing into a tape recorder and freely cribs from American R&B groups like the Four Tops and Gladys Knight and the Pips.
—David Fricke, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
Her father, who worked as a building superintendent, bought a tape recorder to keep track of repairs; Kali used it to record herself singing sketches of songs.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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“Tape recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20recorder. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
tape recorder
noun
: a device for recording on and playing back magnetic tapes
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