as in videotapes
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
every Thanksgiving, our family watches videos of past holiday gatherings
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Recent Examples of videos
The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness.
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Robotics startups typically prefer to show off their research prototypes in videos on social media, offering them the opportunity to show the machines at their best and edit out their failings.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026
The Department of Justice released a transcript of the videos on Tuesday, translating Neves Valente’s words from Portuguese to English.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
The problem emerged after the launch last year of Grok Imagine, an AI image generator that allows users to create videos and pictures by typing in text prompts.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Who condemned queerness very publicly in their ConneXion videos, while embodying it privately.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
Scott David Mason, 61, was accused of distributing photos and videos 50 times using the messaging app Kik between March 28 and May 1.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
The Real Disaster Channel was playing in the background, on mute, showing videos of plane crashes, until the TV eventually kicked into a screen saver of a fish tank.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Since the videos were shared, Newark airport has been temporarily closed as of November 10 at 12 am local time, according to the FAA.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videos
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Blockbuster, which distributed DVDs and videotapes through retail stores nationwide, didn’t pivot – and didn’t survive.—
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In addition to her testimony, the prosecution also had possession of Bernardo’s videotapes of his attacks — evidence that had been withheld by his former lawyer for more than a year, The New York Times reported.—
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While there are plenty of bandages, wraps, and tapes, extra items such as an emergency thermal blanket, flashlights, sting relief, burn compression, and other items elevate this kit to support a variety of solutions.—
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Her source material is a pair of cassette tapes recorded by Dueñez in the ’90s, two of a series of bootlegs that the sonidero and his wife sold at the flea market along the Puente del Papa, a bridge connecting Monterrey’s prosperous city center with its mountainside slums.—
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“Videos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videos. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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