tabs 1 of 2

plural of tab
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as in bills
a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due I don't have any cash on me, so can you put this on my tab?

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as in expenses
the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount asked the server to put our dinners on separate tabs so we could each pay for our own meal

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tabs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tab

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Recent Examples of tabs
Noun
Companies enrolled in Microsoft’s Frontier program, which provides access to the newest features, will be able to use the Home and Code tabs in the coming weeks, with the Autopilot available in private preview by the end of this month. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 On top of being a roomy bag, Pitt’s $5,590 weekender came with plenty of pockets, including two large flap pockets with buckled straps on one side, with double tabs securing the handles above. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Rather than visiting four landing pages and opening 10 browser tabs, an AI assistant can compress hours of research into a 150-word answer. — Susan Ganeshan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Social media inspires the flight, the flight fuels the haul and the haul sends the next person spiraling through browser tabs. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026 Responses from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Deepseek, Llama, and Perplexity line up in one window, so spotting the differences between them takes a glance instead of several open tabs. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 Now is also a great time to stock up on household essentials with discounts on dishwasher tabs, batteries, toilet bowl cleaner and more up to 50% off. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 Comparing answers from different AI chatbots usually means opening several browser tabs and running the same prompt in each one. — New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026 Almeida’s San Francisco home did contain thousands of tabs of both drugs, though, prosecutors say. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabs
Noun
  • As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Electric bicycles were the focus of about nine bills introduced in the Legislature.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The simple website contains a page that names the seven defendants in Jane Doe’s suit and contains blank boxes that indicate that photos of them will be uploaded —and potentially pages for the men who are facing accusations.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Design for delegation from the start, so that when one identity acts on behalf of another, the chain travels with the request and the action that finally lands on your data still names the agent, the tool and the human who set it in motion.
    — Krishnaveni Palanivelu, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The state claimed the company favored certain accounts and allowed for violent or inaccurate content to proliferate.
    — Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Similarly, the spokesperson said OpenAI models used publicly available developer keys to read demographic and economic Census Bureau data, but that the company found no evidence of improper access to Census accounts.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Let people follow problems across functions, not titles up a ladder.
    — May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There's hours and hours and hours of quotes and statements about that.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In opening statements, the prosecution said recovering the gun was not necessary to getting a conviction, but the defense said its absence showed the prosecution’s case was weak.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Patti Wilson, who styles Cher, is here with an assistant who is taking notes; there is Roth’s own personal assistant, whose last job was at Beyoncé’s company, Parkwood; and there’s Roth’s social media manager, who has been filming the whole thing.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
  • My mom styles her maxi dresses with sneakers like white Vejas or sandals like this Sorel pair (which carried her through Italy pain-free), depending on the day’s activities.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • The documents show details for only one part of Phoenix’s portfolio, and do not include assets in retirement accounts or stakes held in companies through mutual funds, corporate bonds and other securities, the accountants confirmed.
    — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Consider a bank using AI to read documents for small-business loans.
    — David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The guard stamps my name before shoving a copy of the week’s pamphlet in my hand.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For generations, athletes have been treated as if motherhood stamps their athletic identities with an expiration date.
    — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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“Tabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabs. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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