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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
Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026 The company over time grew from offering records, to cassette tapes, then CDs, eventually adding videotapes, then DVDs and Blu-rays to its mail-order offerings. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Sixty-seven artists presented videotapes—encompassing literature, dance, music, theater, and more—as alternative programming; Fitzgerald contributed To Sorrow (1984) to the music section, alongside Laurie Anderson, Robert Longo, and Julie Hayward. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Those stories took on new significance when Kennedy pulled out decades-old videotapes documenting their encounters. — Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videotapes
  1. videos
  2. films
  3. tapes
Noun
  • The videos quickly went viral, with lines forming outside the hut as people journeyed to the site, eager to try one for themselves.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the rays shining down over me, the display was still visible enough to cut through the glare and keep text, images, and videos easy to see.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 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
  • In other words, after spinning her wheels for a year in Hollywood, living with bedbugs and helping other actors with their self-tapes, Cline had to fly back home to South Carolina to land the role that would make her career.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Columbia House became a household name in the 1980s and 1990s for offering monthly deliveries of records, tapes, CDs and later DVDs each month.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
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“Videotapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videotapes. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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