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
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Hang up immediately Government agencies do not typically call or request video chats to discuss serious legal matters or investigations.
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Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2026
Once maligned as one of the worst video-game movies ever made, it’s now still maligned as one of the worst video-game movies ever made.
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Mike Drucker,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Spain's National Police shared video of the June 30 raid on social media on Thursday, July 2, showing officers entering the rural property in the municipality of Malagón, in the province of Ciudad Real.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Hang up immediately Government agencies do not typically call or request video chats to discuss serious legal matters or investigations.
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Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
Adjective
The video State of the City will probably be more about the city budget, which also will be released Monday.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2026
Once maligned as one of the worst video-game movies ever made, it’s now still maligned as one of the worst video-game movies ever made.
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Mike Drucker,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for video
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Not long after the revolution, bootleg audio and videotapes began circulating in Tehran.
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From anecdotes about living on location in the Nevada desert to shopping it around to distributors on videotape, their accounts illuminate the film’s winding path from a gutsy grassroots project to a Sundance hit that changed how lesbian love stories were shown on the big screen.
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Hailing from Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Macau, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the exhibition uses captivating photographic art to guide us into memories preserved within the images.
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Digital cameras had taken over nearly all areas of photographic production.
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The Surf Gang producer stays busy with a new tape that links an eclectic cast of 25 collaborators with his shimmery beats.
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Cristobal studies tape of every player UM signs, but Smith does a lot of the necessary legwork, because even Cristobal — with his tireless work ethic — can’t do everything.
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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.
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Joe Kramm | Courtesy of Francis Interiors The gold background is a spread of bold graphic lines, undulating shapes and coiling circular motifs, referencing the work of French artist, sculptor and designer Jean Dunand (1877–1942).
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It was coined in Japan in the 1990s for small pictorial symbols used in electronic messaging.
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Each piece spells out a message—happiness, beauty, and magnificence—in the ancient pictorial writing.
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“Video.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/video. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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