as in videotape
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 video
Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Patton, 41, started posting videos of his morning hair-braiding routine with his daughter on social media in 2024.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Customers can also pay to upgrade to premium versions of the streaming services, while non-video internet customers will also be able to subscribe to the services through the store.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Some videos will be selected for a wider campaign tied to the movie.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Patton, 41, started posting videos of his morning hair-braiding routine with his daughter on social media in 2024.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Gotham City has been popularized by Batman, the superhero comic book launched in 1939 that spawned an IP empire of TV, cinematic and video-game properties.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Customers can also pay to upgrade to premium versions of the streaming services, while non-video internet customers will also be able to subscribe to the services through the store.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for video
Noun
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There’s a videotape of a memorial award show from the gay adult industry in the early ’90s.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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How about the videotape evidence showing that Good was veering her car away from the ICE agent?—
James D. Zirin,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Today, the museum is home to more than 32,000 works of art, and the merger in 2023 with the Museum of Photographic Arts only expanded that collection, adding to the museum’s photographic collections.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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My students are required to use numerous photographic references for their pieces.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Vautin has created a true stationery smorgasbord, stuffed with creamy notebooks, wax seals, fountain pens and inks, wee porcelain bowls, mini-colored-pencil sets, gift wrap, highlighter pens, Hobonichi planners, a bounty of illustrated stickers, and washi-tape rolls by the dozen.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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But instead of picking out a VHS tape to take home, visitors pick a movie case off the shelf and bring it to a bartender, who then makes the corresponding drink.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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And despite the metro area’s high cost of living, San Francisco still attracts a variety of residents, including everyone from students to tech whizzes to scores of graphic designers.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The show traces the life and career of Ringgold, who introduced Black women’s pictorial, narrative and craft traditions.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Much like Early One Morning, the surrounding tubes in Bove’s work take on a decidedly imagistic, pictorial quality, their crumpled strands suggesting wide, overlapping brushstrokes varying in tone and texture depending on the play of shadow and light.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Video.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/video. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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