How to Use ticker tape in a Sentence

ticker tape

noun
  • Joan said the songs were coming out like ticker tape.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Horse-race results came in on ticker tape.
    — Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The words scrolled across his screen like a ticker tape of grief and mourning.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The parades are named for the strands of ticker tape that used to be showered down from office buildings.
    — Karen Matthews, Chron, 15 June 2021
  • Streets were papered with ticker tape, shredded phone books and tissue streamers.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Harrelson mused, the snow already coming down like ticker tape.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The parade is named for the strands of ticker tape that used to be showered down from nearby office buildings.
    — Ali Swenson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2019
  • On Thursday, there would be a ticker tape parade down Broadway, but that would be a mob scene.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • Adding to the chaos, Wall Street office workers cheered the hard hats and tossed ticker tape from windows.
    — Joseph Barbato, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Today, however, shredded paper is used in place of ticker tape.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
  • The end of the glitter, maybe, but the start of the ticker tape in Europe — and 100 per cent the perfect fit.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Under a cascade of ticker tape, my older brother howled a joyous caterwaul.
    — Mike Newall, Philly.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • For the first time, a crowd at a retail brokerage could watch together as a facsimile of the stock ticker tape whizzed by in bright light.
    — Robert J. Shiller, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Store employees would celebrate news of Auburn road wins by throwing ticker tape onto power lines.
    — Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Following the march through the ticker tape, the team was presented with the key to the city by Mayor Mamdani.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
  • Stock printers received information about stock prices over telegraph wires and printed them out on a ribbon of paper—ticker tape.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
  • Start with dinner at the Stock Exchange, where businessmen once gathered to keep up with the latest prices via ticker tape.
    — Scott Craven, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Soon after, ticker tape, Shea Stadium and winning Mets seasons all fell out of style.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The ticker tape was literally invented to transmit railroad prices.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • And yet, in South Carolina, folks aren’t exactly planning ticker tape parades.
    — David Caraviello, ajc, 19 Nov. 2017
  • In the height of Cold War tensions, his face was splashed across front pages, and he was feted with a ticker tape parade on Wall Street.
    — Dallas News, 31 May 2022
  • The stretch of lower Manhattan has long hosted ticker tape parades for world leaders, veterans and hometown sports stars.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2019
  • This weekday web, laced together by telephone, ticker tape, elevator, subway, and commuter train, made the modern city make sense.
    — Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The city used to more regularly hold ticker tape parades for returning heroes, astronauts, veterans and heads of state.
    — Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • In New York City, essential workers will be honored with a ticker tape parade Wednesday.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 7 July 2021
  • That overall feeling of financial wellbeing from a rising ticker tape can extend even to those with limited or no exposure to the stock market.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • The ticker tape parade is a larger representation of that same desire to recognize those workers and their sacrifices.
    — Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • Borman, Lovell, and Anders came back to ticker tape parades, an appearance before Congress, a world good-will tour.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, scraps of ticker tape — ribbons of paper historically used to print real-time stock market data by telegraph — were used, and the parade got its name.
    — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • The Mercedes garage emptied, as mechanics went to stand in the ticker tape and celebrate with Russell, who was on the podium for the second week in a row.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022

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