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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
  • The agency’s decision to make the videos public comes almost exactly a month after the encounter, which marked the third shooting involving Oakland police this year and at least the seventh since 2023.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Los Angeles — Influencers have been flooding social media this summer with videos of short wait times at Disney parks.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 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
  • As Miller grew older, VHS tapes and DVDs became outdated and streaming services became the norm.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • These tapes feel far more vulnerable—even invasive knowing they were never meant for anyone else—than reading a diary.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
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