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DVR

American

digital video recorder: a digital device that records television programs or other video onto a hard disk.

Example Sentences

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Set the DVR -stream it -just make sure these old houses are saved.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

When authorities searched the home last month, investigators took a DVR that stores video and other data from the surveillance system.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

But this month brought a double blow: First, TiVo announced it would no longer sell its physical DVR products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Some things have changed since then, and some haven’t; I can’t drink coffee that late anymore, and I still don’t know how DVR works.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

“My favorite step-uncle is gay. And I, like, DVR everything on Bravo.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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