DVD

noun

Definition of DVDnext
as in video

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Recent Examples of DVD When Universal Pictures released it on DVD in 2006, Miami Vice became one of the best-selling discs of all time, thanks in part to the inclusion of Mann's Director's Cut. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 The movie has been released on DVD and Blu-ray. — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026 In 1997, barely one year after the video disc was launched, all of the Motion Picture Association of America member studios joined the DVD Forum, collectively adopted the new format and started to phase out films released on videotape. — Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Fortune, 25 May 2026 The horror sequel is now available on digital platforms and will later release on Blu-ray and DVD June 16. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for DVD
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  1. video
  2. tape
  3. videotape
Noun
  • Social media video posts showed the shirtless Disneyland employee leisurely floating on his back in the Rivers of America near the River Belle Terrace restaurant.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
  • Other Chiefs spouses visit camp, too, as do WAGS across the league — some have posted videos of their training camp visits on social media.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of video
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  • Some players preferred their shoulder pads to cling more snugly to their jersey, so Ryan applied double-sided tape to both.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • In other words, the governor of the strategically important border state of Baja California was just caught on tape offering to become an FBI informant.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of tape
Noun
  • Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of videotape

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“DVD.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/DVD. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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