videocassette

noun

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as in videodisc

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Recent Examples of videocassette But an intrepid producer on the documentary dug through countless plastic containers and eventually found the videocassette of those nuptials. — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024 There’s a serious fandom growing around videocassettes, one that includes such directors as Jane Schoenbrun and Alex Ross Perry. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 As Oliver explained, foreign videocassettes were introduced in Ghana in the 1980s, which led to locals buying TV monitors and VCRs as part of an effort to set up makeshift screening locations. — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Examples of creative destruction include e-commerce disrupting retail, streaming services replacing videocassette and DVD rentals and internet advertising undermining newspaper advertising. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for videocassette
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  1. videodisc
  2. DVD
Noun
  • His assignment was to develop software for RCA’s SelectaVision videodisc project.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
Definition of videodisc
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  • Four featurettes are included with the DVD-digital bundle, all featuring interviews with cast and crew.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • When Universal Pictures released it on DVD in 2006, Miami Vice became one of the best-selling discs of all time, thanks in part to the inclusion of Mann's Director's Cut.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Definition of DVD

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

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