tabbing

Definition of tabbingnext
present participle of tab

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabbing
Verb
  • Officers were reportedly reviewing security camera footage in the area in hopes of identifying a suspect.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Last April, the Wyn Beauty founder shared a sweet video on her Instagram with her daughter Adira, as the little one practiced identifying colors.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Here’s where naming a Wall Street pro who’s a master of spotting where danger’s building may prove a hedge against a future calamity.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The top is divided into 10-by-10 grids bristling with small colorful flags designating where the plants should be placed.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In June, the City Council passed legislation again sponsored by Manaa-Hoppenworth, designating the entire 48th Ward as an LAC, the first such designation of a whole ward in Chicago.
    Jack Markowski, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • More than 1,000 robots work alongside almost 1,500 humans, hoisting, stamping and welding in robotic unison.
    Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Trump stamping his name on buildings is not new.
    Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • At a time when colleges and universities have spent considerable money on new athletic stadiums, student fitness centers, multi-level food courts, and million-dollar salaries for football and basketball coaches, earmarking money for high quality campus security continues to be problematic.
    Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The process of earmarking potential barrels begins years in advance.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Murphy and Padilla, along with a small group of Democratic senators, have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
    Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • On Saturday, the system pushed towards Virginia, with the forecast calling for a foot of snow or more to be dumped on parts of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic, while New England endured double-digit subzero temperatures.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Tabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabbing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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