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PBS (countable and uncountable, plural PBSs)
- (US, biology) Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline: a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.
- (management) Initialism of product breakdown structure.
- (psychology) Initialism of positive behavior support.
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PBS
- (Canada, US, television) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service. [from 1970]
- (Malta, broadcasting) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services.
- (Australia) Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. [from 1948]
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
- (literature) Initialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- 2024 February 17, Erica Wagner, “Kill your darlings”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 2:
- In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text.