as in video
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV a vid of the pop star performing her latest hit single

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Recent Examples of vid This tiny camera captures 1080p video, delivers color night vids, can detect people and vehicles and send appropriate notifications, and even works with Alexa and Google Assistant. Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025 As São Paulo State and Brazil at large gears up its funding for film, TV, vid games and beyond, there is a distinct possibility that Brazil’s Congress will approve this year a global streamer investment quota for Brazilian films and series. John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025 Her behavior in the vid is anything but demure, deliberately proving the point. Leslie Katz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Highlights from the second video, when the track was wet, are beneath both vids. 2:02 – Hyundai hits the e-stop when the car appears to miss the center line and veer off to the side of the road. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2014 See All Example Sentences for vid
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Noun
  • Beyond the shock factor, Crow hopes her video inspires others with old jetted tubs to check theirs, and encourages empathy for people maintaining older homes.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The new content-creation space will provide access to Adobe’s video-editing tools including exclusive effects, transitions, title presets and more tailored to YouTube Shorts.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • Hunt was a pro tennis pioneer, as well, and the source of that film is a trove of some 600 videotapes of tournaments around the world that reside on shelves inside SubTropolis.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mostly videotapes of shows, but also albums and books.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Vid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vid. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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