TBS
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Nautical. talk between ships: a radiotelephone for short-range communication between vessels.
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Trademark. Turner Broadcasting System: a cable television channel.
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Example Sentences
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Warner is planning to spin off the bulk of its channel portfolio, including HGTV, TBS and Cartoon Network, in a separate company.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 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
Paramount had offered $30 a share for all of Warner, including its cable channels such as CNN, TBS and Food Network.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
The second entity is to be renamed Discovery Global, and include Warner’s basic cable channels, including CNN, TBS, TNT and HGTV.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
The answer came back on the TBS: "Nobody."
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
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