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Example Sentences

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He kept a tab open on each of his devices and spent hours a day logging onto FIFA’s website and scanning prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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

When I sit down to meal plan, I open my grocery list in one tab and my supermarket’s app in another and let them flirt with each other for a few minutes.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

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

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The servers are taking dessert orders, and Uncle Pat is walking around, insisting that everyone get what they want, since he’s picking up the tab.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti