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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
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
In March, Stacey, 28, adopted an orange tabby rescue cat, Fergie.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 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
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
In March, Stacey, 28, adopted an orange tabby rescue cat, Fergie.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 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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Subsequent scans revealed that the kitten had fluid on her lungs and showed signs of a hiatal hernia, which is when part of the stomach bulges through the diaphragm.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.
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