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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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Don’t let limited square footage fool you — the bar carries a full selection of wines, beers and liquors.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
The facility contains seven studios with the flexibility of growing to twelve, eight control rooms with the capability of growing to thirteen and will be able to handle all the ESPN+ feeds, over 5,000 hours a footage year.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Collin Rugg, a conservative commentator who is prominent on X shared the footage, as did Nick Sotor.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Then, after a US coach's request, judges reviewed the footage, changed the score and bumped Chiles up to third place, sparking the initial controversy and fierce backlash from Romanians.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
The facility contains seven studios with the flexibility of growing to twelve, eight control rooms with the capability of growing to thirteen and will be able to handle all the ESPN+ feeds, over 5,000 hours a footage year.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Collin Rugg, a conservative commentator who is prominent on X shared the footage, as did Nick Sotor.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Then, after a US coach's request, judges reviewed the footage, changed the score and bumped Chiles up to third place, sparking the initial controversy and fierce backlash from Romanians.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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