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video game

[vid-ee-oh-geym] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌgeɪm /
NOUN
game on computer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Nintendo™ Playstation™ Xbox™ computerized game electronic game


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US video game retailer GameStop made a takeover bid on Sunday to buy eBay for about $55.5 billion in an attempt to turn the online marketplace into a competitor to e-commerce giant Amazon.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

In 2019, he registered a trademark for an esoteric video game called “Bohrdom,” a “hybrid of a bullet hell and a racing game” based on atomic theory, in which electrons and protons compete.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

He showed them a tape of video game trailers.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

A video game fanatic who travelled more than 1,000 miles for a football match achieved his "dream" of seeing his adopted club play in the flesh on Saturday.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

I’d tried telling that to Thomas after I’d accidentally destroyed his favorite video game, but that hadn’t kept him from not talking to me for an entire week.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas