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noun

plural of videotape
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of videotape
as in films

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Recent Examples of videotapes
Noun
Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 Not long after the revolution, bootleg audio and videotapes began circulating in Tehran. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 June 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotapes
  1. videos
  2. films
  3. tapes
Noun
  • At the same time, fascinated engineers around the world were examining the same pictures and videos as everyone else.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Specifically in New York, a Swedish candy store called Bon Bon blew up and had influencers creating ASMR taste test videos.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Definition of videos
Verb
  • 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.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of films
Noun
  • Former President Joe Biden on Friday dropped his lawsuit attempting to bar the release of his memoir tapes to the public, after an appeals court ruled in favor of releasing them.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
  • While other kids his age were doling out loot bags stuffed with Bazooka bubble gum and slap bracelets, Lovett was recording his favorite music on cassette tapes as party favors.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026
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“Videotapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotapes. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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