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

Netflix’s deal, valued at $82.7 billion, does not include Warner’s basic cable channels, including CNN, TBS and HGTV.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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

Discovery, including its large portfolio of cable channels, including CNN, HGTV, TBS and Animal Planet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 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

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.