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VHS

American  
Trademark.
  1. a format for recording and playing VCR tape, incompatible with other formats.


VHS British  

abbreviation

  1. video home system: a video cassette recording system using 1/ 2 ″ magnetic tape

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That moment was removed from the VHS copy of the 1980s classic he’d rented because of strict censorship in Mexico at the time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

It was not until it hit the VHS market that the movie truly began to find its audience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

They might improve dinner—herbs, honey, good bread, something pickled—or have nothing to do with it: flowers, jam, a spice blend, a VHS tape, an embroidered denim vest.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

For a while, everyone made money, with help from the secondary markets of VHS and DVD.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

An old VHS cassette tape that his mom had bought at a garage sale.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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