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noun

footage

film that has been shot

In a sentence

Six example sentences with footage, each labelled with its topic.

  • The editor cut ninety hours of footage down to a hundred minutes, and the best scene never made it.

    Movies

  • Assistant coaches spend Sunday reviewing footage of the opponent's inbound plays, marking every screen the officials let go.

    Basketball

  • Camera traps produced eleven months of footage before a single lynx finally walked past the third sensor.

    Environment

  • The jury watched the store footage twice, and the timestamp in the corner settled the question of who arrived first.

    Law

  • Archivists restored footage from 1912 that shows a city street with more horses than motor cars.

    History

  • Her coach films every lift, and reviewing the footage revealed that her hips rose before the bar left the floor.

    Fitness

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