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PBS en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of product breakdown structure.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of positive behavior support.

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Source: en.wiktionary, “PBS” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PBS en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service
    • NPR joined PBS in suggesting it will consider legal action against the administration. 2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN:
  2. (Malta, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services.
  3. (Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
    • In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text. 2024 February 17, Erica Wagner, “Kill your darlings”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

Relateds

CBS (Public Broadcasting Service) · NBC (Public Broadcasting Service) · NPR (Public Broadcasting Service) · ABC (Public Broadcasting Service)