TBS

American  

abbreviation

1. Nautical. talk between ships: a radiotelephone for short-range communication between vessels.

2. Trademark. Turner Broadcasting System: a cable television channel.

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tbs. British  

abbreviation

1. tablespoon(ful)

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Example Sentences

Previously, the awards show aired for 25 years on TNT and TBS, but struggled to reach cable viewers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Unlike Netflix, Paramount also intends to buy Warner Discovery’s cable networks, which include CNN, TBS and Food Network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

But Paramount-WBD would also become the largest cable TV network owner—with a portfolio including CNN, Food, TNT, and TBS, which serve nearly 70 million households each.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Netflix’s proposal would see the cable television business, including channels CNN, TBS and the Discovery Channel. spun off into a separate company.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

From its size it was apparent that if it were a balloon, it would have been launched from one of the ships, so the word went out on the TBS radio: "Who launched a balloon?"

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.