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Recent Examples of tabby
Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
On the other side of those glass panels, a tabby cat—eyes wide and dark, ears flattened—can be seen meowing to be let back inside.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Dog Man’s nemesis is an evil orange tabby named Petey (Pete Davidson) who loves nothing more than to dream up wilder and wilder robots to take down his rival.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The tabby mixed cat is feeling fishy and pondering her next aquatic catch as a scary shark this Halloween.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
On the other side of those glass panels, a tabby cat—eyes wide and dark, ears flattened—can be seen meowing to be let back inside.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
After hitting the cat, which appears to be a tabby in video released by police, the man fled the area to parts unknown.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Dog Man’s nemesis is an evil orange tabby named Petey (Pete Davidson) who loves nothing more than to dream up wilder and wilder robots to take down his rival.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabby
Adjective
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Yellow Jackets: hairless yellow and black striped bodies with a thin body.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The actor and producer opted for an oversized look: a red, white, and blue striped cashmere sweater from Hedi Slimane’s Celine, which she’s had in her closet since at least 2023.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The bond between Sergi and Nirvana is quite moving, but it's taken up a notch when Sergi adopted a kitten named Goku.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2025
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The death comes shortly after FWC biologists handled a litter of three kittens whose mom lost all three of her kittens from her last litter, McClatchy News previously reported.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
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The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2024
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“Tabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabby. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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