videocassettes

noun

plural of videocassette
as in videodiscs

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  1. tapes
  2. videotapes
Noun
  • There was plenty of archives to work with, as Carroll was a pack rat with a robust archive full of audio tapes of interviews from McCalls, NBC, and others.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Decades later, however, the guardians of the audio tapes were willing to work with Love Monday.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of tapes
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  • 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
Definition of videotapes
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“Videocassettes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videocassettes. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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