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Recent Examples of tabby
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
The shots include a picture of the tabby cat wedged in a tight spot under the car's hood and an image of a rescuer petting the feline after freeing the animal.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The tabby is not only engrossed but also sitting on a small plastic chair like a human, with a toy fish perched on his chest.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Loki is tabby and white while Onyx is a brown tabby, both are neutered and up-to-date on vaccinations.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
The shots include a picture of the tabby cat wedged in a tight spot under the car's hood and an image of a rescuer petting the feline after freeing the animal.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
The other two tiny tabbies, less than five days old when found, are fighting to survive.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The tabby is not only engrossed but also sitting on a small plastic chair like a human, with a toy fish perched on his chest.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabby
Adjective
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Fishermen recently learned that when a great white shark suddenly appeared, and chomped on a striped bass that was on their fishing line.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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Chalamet wore one of his favourite brands, Chrome Hearts, with an orange zip-up suede bomber with the team logo, orange and blue striped pants, beige boots, and a thick gold chain, accessorizing with a set of sporty silver sunglasses.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Meet Edith, a tiny black kitten who was rescued by PAWS Chicago with some major health problems, the shelter said in a June 3 Instagram post.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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Dental development is one of the most-reliable methods, as kittens start growing their baby teeth at 3 to 4 weeks and have full adult sets by 7 months.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Noun
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There are housecats and alley cats, Brawley said, and then there are tigers and lions.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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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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“Tabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabby. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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