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as in cab
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment

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verb

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Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
The plane was able to taxi and park without further incident. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 July 2025 Due to her intoxicated state, she was escorted off of the Southwest Airlines flight before the plane taxied, Dallas police wrote in the warrant. Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
Verb
Official taxis hailed from the airport are safe and accessible. David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025 In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future. Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxi
Noun
  • Georgi then watched as the trio pulled away in their cab.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Will plays Tyson, who drove cabs before joining Dwight's crew as an enforcer.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a recent video posted by the Piano Man on Instagram, Joel pulls up next to a man riding a bicycle, chauffeuring two women sitting in an attached passenger car while blasting the rocker’s iconic 1976 classic.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 July 2025
  • Neither graduated from formal schools; her grandfather chauffeured white families.
    Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, IndyStar, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Sylvester rode with her to drop Wole at the airport in Amarillo, later that morning.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The visit was extra special for Prince Louis, who the Daily Mail reported got to ride the Hogwarts Express.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxi. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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