videos

Definition of videosnext
plural of video
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 Satellite imagery and videos from after the April 16 ceasefire announcement show demolitions continuing apace, with excavators and armored vehicles clearly visible. Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Tong referenced an expose on CNN that revealed a network of websites and group chats on platforms like Telegram in which men uploaded videos of drugging and raping their wives and advised others how to do the same. Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026 That was through watching the documentaries, watching YouTube videos, and reading books. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026 Grosjieon Moore, 63, went to the New Quick Stop Market in Detroit to buy a $5 lottery ticket — an idea that was sparked by watching TikTok videos of other players winning big, officials with the Michigan lottery said in a news release on Wednesday, April 22. Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 Instagram Reels, videos on X, TikToks, YouTube shorts, and whatever is happening on Facebook. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 These videos still usually feature a person on a stage in front of a screen accompanied by a slide deck. ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026 Since then, photos and videos from the act of civil disobedience have spread widely across social media — amplified by others who share a similar frustration and unease about the country's military action. Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026 Teasingly, Bieber started to play his own videos, going back and back into his early catalogue. Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videos
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Over the past two weeks, fans started posting online about mysterious VHS tapes arriving in the mail, reportedly sent out by Warp.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Videos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videos. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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