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tab

[tab] / tæb /




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A $419 hotel tab on a family vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

You can download it on Apple, external and Android, external devices, and Shorts will appear as a tab within the app.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Instead of the one-click default to your laptop’s last opened tab, you opened Etsy and bought a ceramic mug from a maker you’d been following on Instagram.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Some of this comes cheap, but going all out can run up the tab sharply.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

She settled herself into the big chair in the corner, one eye on Pearl, who sat down at last and popped the tab of her soda.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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