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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
Kristi Turnquist2
: 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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Billboard previously reported that the field was closed off 45 minutes before their set due to overcrowding, and their performance began with global news clips about the group, including footage of Sharon Osbourne calling for their U.S. visas to be revoked.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 1 July 2025
In this photo taken from footage released by China Central Television on June 29, a Chinese J-16 fighter jet, right, intercepts a foreign military aircraft over an undisclosed location.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
In Kansas, body camera footage is considered a criminal investigation record.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Now, onlookers are flocking to social media with footage of the rescue and praises for both the father and Disney team.
—Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 1 July 2025
In this photo taken from footage released by China Central Television on June 29, a Chinese J-16 fighter jet, right, intercepts a foreign military aircraft over an undisclosed location.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
In Kansas, body camera footage is considered a criminal investigation record.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Now, onlookers are flocking to social media with footage of the rescue and praises for both the father and Disney team.
—Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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