DVD

noun

Definition of DVDnext
as in video

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Recent Examples of DVD YouTube is less than a year old, Netflix is a DVD-by-mail service, and a prime-time slot is still one of the most coveted jewels in broadcast television. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 Before last week’s British Army DVD 2026 event, JLR showed three of the possible shapes that the vehicle can take. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 Part nostalgia object and part mini marketing campaign, Thompson’s retro DVD Club is an unusually apt emblem for the weird baggage that comes with making a debut feature today. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026 The vehicles were presented on September 16 at the DVD 2026 defense exhibition at Millbrook proving ground in Bedfordshire. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for DVD
Recent Examples of Synonyms for DVD
  1. video
  2. tape
  3. videotape
Noun
  • Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is moving forward with a $4 million investment to run an ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother after the video received fierce backlash.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
  • More than 70% of AI campaign videos did not contain a disclaimer or disclosure that they were generated by or contain AI, the report found.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of video
Noun
  • Born in Los Angeles in 1954 to parents who hailed from Chicago, his father, Warren, founded a tape duplication service and later served as vice president of sales at Sussex Records, which produced acts like R&B crooner Bill Withers.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The 2018 tailspin had followed a massive momentum crescendo and reversal several months earlier, which gave way to an erratic tape that couldn't absorb what seemed at the time relatively unthreatening Federal Reserve tightening actions.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of tape
Noun
  • Rulings in two appeals courts defined a consumer, under this law, as anybody who purchases, rents or subscribes to any good or service from a videotape service provider.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This remake of the Japanese horror hit Ringu stars Naomi Watts as a Seattle reporter whose 8-year-old son (David Dorfman) watches a cursed videotape that marks him for death in seven days.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of videotape

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“DVD.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/DVD. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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