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: recorded video material
A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.—
Bari Walsh
Bari WalshVideo footage posted online shows him daring an audience member to fight …—Latifah Muhammad
Latifah MuhammadRamsay uses security footage from inside and outside of the brownstone to detail Joe's actions.—Kyle Turner
Kyle TurnerThe documentary series that presents archival images and film footage in color continues, this week focusing on memorable events from the 1940s.—Kristi Turnquist
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: length or quantity expressed in feet: such as
a
b
: the total number of running feet of motion-picture film used (as for a scene or subject)
The people of Hiroshima had a fund-raising campaign to purchase footage from films taken by American photographers …. They calculated they could purchase ten feet of footage for one thousand yen …—Ruth Ann Keyso and Masahide Ota
Ruth Ann Keyso and Masahide OtaExamples of footage in a Sentence
Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
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The footage from the cameras is then is edited together.
—Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Mash, a Telegram news channel that reportedly has links to Russian law enforcement, shared images and video footage of the crash site that showed the fiery remains of the plane.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
An Israeli soldier posted a video on social media of the Israel Defense Forces fixing explosives to pipes at one of the wells, as well as footage of the well exploding.
—Claudine Ebeid, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Body-cam video footage shows the officers approach the Dodge, one on each side.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
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Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Mash, a Telegram news channel that reportedly has links to Russian law enforcement, shared images and video footage of the crash site that showed the fiery remains of the plane.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
An Israeli soldier posted a video on social media of the Israel Defense Forces fixing explosives to pipes at one of the wells, as well as footage of the well exploding.
—Claudine Ebeid, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Body-cam video footage shows the officers approach the Dodge, one on each side.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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