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PBS (countable and uncountable, plural PBSs)

1. (US, biology) Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research.
2. (management) Initialism of product breakdown structure.
3. (psychology) Initialism of positive behavior support.

PBS

1. (Canada, US, television) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service [from 1970]
   • 2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     NPR joined PBS in suggesting it will consider legal action against the administration.

2. (Malta, broadcasting) Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services.
3. (Australia) Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme [from 1948]
4. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
5. (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.

• (Public Broadcasting Service): NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS

• BPS, BPs, BS&P, BSP, Bps, PSB, SPB, bps

• IPA^(key): /piˈbies/ [piˈbi.es]

PBS

1. (Malaysian politics) initialism of Parti Bersatu Sabah (“United Sabah Party”)

• “PBS” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.