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
As the fires burned after El Mencho was killed, videos from Etzatlán circulated widely on TikTok and Instagram.
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Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
From videos showing concert footage of Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson to a live band playing renditions of songs by the Beastie Boys and Marvin Gaye, Friday’s meeting served as a send-off for both the arena and Visit Fort Worth’s outgoing CEO Bob Jameson.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
My brother Sam started showing Dylan and I these neighbor dispute videos online, and this was right before COVID.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
His videos regularly generate hundreds of likes on LinkedIn, and his Instagram posts often earn tens of thousands of views.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
TikTok Moms Agree on Early Dinners Just this year alone, two videos on TikTok promoting the power of an early dinner have swept the internet.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
Some TikTok videos about the topic have racked up hundreds of thousands of views.
—Julia Sullivan, Allure, 6 Mar. 2026
Rosy didn't love her videos, Doucleff realized.
—Alicia Garceau, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
Police recovered multiple videos from the incident, including a police pole camera at the intersection, a dash camera from a Lyft driver and a witness' cellphone footage.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
From videos showing concert footage of Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson to a live band playing renditions of songs by the Beastie Boys and Marvin Gaye, Friday’s meeting served as a send-off for both the arena and Visit Fort Worth’s outgoing CEO Bob Jameson.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
My brother Sam started showing Dylan and I these neighbor dispute videos online, and this was right before COVID.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
His videos regularly generate hundreds of likes on LinkedIn, and his Instagram posts often earn tens of thousands of views.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
TikTok Moms Agree on Early Dinners Just this year alone, two videos on TikTok promoting the power of an early dinner have swept the internet.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
Some TikTok videos about the topic have racked up hundreds of thousands of views.
—Julia Sullivan, Allure, 6 Mar. 2026
Rosy didn't love her videos, Doucleff realized.
—Alicia Garceau, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
Police recovered multiple videos from the incident, including a police pole camera at the intersection, a dash camera from a Lyft driver and a witness' cellphone footage.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videos
Noun
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Within weeks, sales of videotapes, CDs, and audio cassettes of her performance raised more than $500,000 for the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Scouts used to have to watch film of a player while at his school, and then put together their own VHS tapes for their general managers, using footage borrowed from the colleges.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Surviving the advent of television and home movie-viewing via VHS tapes, DVDs and streaming, the Grand Lake continues to operate as a place where people can come together to watch movies on a big screen — as movies were made to be watched.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Videos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videos. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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