as in videos
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV
watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital
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Recent Examples of videotapes
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.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Blockbuster, which distributed DVDs and videotapes through retail stores nationwide, didn’t pivot – and didn’t survive.
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Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
Amid towering speakers, gold records, stacks of videotapes, Sony Trinitrons, overflowing ashtrays, and a bar stocked with tequila and a lineup of squat green Dom Pérignon bottles sent over by the labels, the Les Garland Show streamed.
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Tom Freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
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.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Mostly videotapes of shows, but also albums and books.
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Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
For a brief period, RCA VideoDiscs shared the shelves with videotapes, but usually only at independent shops and never with as many titles available.
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Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Sep. 2025
The main use of the internet by these terrorist groups – incentivizing and radicalizing supporters and stoking fear with propaganda – is something bin Laden would have had to do with videotapes played by the news.
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Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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.
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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
Blockbuster, which distributed DVDs and videotapes through retail stores nationwide, didn’t pivot – and didn’t survive.
—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
Amid towering speakers, gold records, stacks of videotapes, Sony Trinitrons, overflowing ashtrays, and a bar stocked with tequila and a lineup of squat green Dom Pérignon bottles sent over by the labels, the Les Garland Show streamed.
—
Tom Freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
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
For a brief period, RCA VideoDiscs shared the shelves with videotapes, but usually only at independent shops and never with as many titles available.
—
Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Sep. 2025
The main use of the internet by these terrorist groups – incentivizing and radicalizing supporters and stoking fear with propaganda – is something bin Laden would have had to do with videotapes played by the news.
—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotapes
Noun
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Gojko Culibrk Cellphone videos captured thatch-roof structures engulfed in fast-spreading flames across the beachside resort.
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While younger kids are spending much of their time on devices watching YouTube videos or playing on the video gaming platform Roblox, teens are spending more time on social media apps, according to the new report.
Verb
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The flashbacks to Emma’s adolescence, which Borgli films with some curiosity, are far more engaging than the film’s depictions of the chatty Boston bourgeoisie, which exude self-satisfied certainty.
Noun
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Body camera footage and security tapes show the two at the Kuykendall Stadium track meet.
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After airing, the recording of the historic performance was placed in the BBC archives and subsequently erased, as the BBC commonly (and now notoriously) wiped and reused tapes at the time.
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“Videotapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotapes. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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