videos

noun

plural of video
as in videotapes
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV every Thanksgiving, our family watches videos of past holiday gatherings

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Recent Examples of videos Watching videos is a more passive form of engagement than reading. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Baird has shared videos of the family's water silhouette creations on social media, with some of the clips garnering millions of views each. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The game is now being adopted by Gen Z students who package it like competitive content — rankings, highlight reels, trick videos, mock-serious team accounts. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 And generally, that algorithm does remarkably well at predicting which videos will interest particular users. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026 The videos have brought overwhelming success, leading the mother-daughter duo to write a New York Times-bestselling and James Beard award-winning cookbook called Umma. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026 In addition to early Christian authors, many of the videos show later saints, monks, bishops and theologians, especially from Eastern Orthodox traditions. — Denva Gallant, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 Every four years, some of the most iconic sporting videos that go viral on social media capture the sound of cities erupting in jubilation as their national soccer teams score a goal in the FIFA World Cup. — Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026 Throughout the World Cup, videos have emerged on Instagram and TikTok of StubHub customers describing their nightmare experiences with the ticket-selling platform. — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for videos
  1. videotapes
  2. tapes
Noun
  • 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
Definition of videotapes
Noun
  • The year 1976 saw the founding of Apple and the introduction of VHS tapes, but the national audience was still very much a reality.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • By the time the two relented, the album’s master tapes had been lost.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
Definition of tapes

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“Videos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videos. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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