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noun

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Recent Examples of tabby
Adjective
His tabby brother sits almost on top of him protectively, staring up at the camera, before lying beside him and reaching an arm across the recovering black kitten. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 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
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 See All Example Sentences for tabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabby
Adjective
  • It was styled on the runway with a low and loose striped track pant (Look 24) and patent leather Reva ballet flats, reissued exclusively for the site.
    Talia Abbas, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Fresh out the slammer For Emily's grand entrance post-prison, the team aimed for attire that expressed life in jail, including handcuff-like earrings and a striped suit.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
  • 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 4 May. 2025.

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