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Examples of taxi in a Sentence
We caught a taxi to the restaurant.
We went to the restaurant by taxi.
Recent Examples of taxi from the Web
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Same Day Delivery - With many New Yorkers dependent on taxis, the subway or ride-hailing services like Uber to get around, Nordstrom shoppers can get their purchases dropped off at their home or office for a $20 fee.
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Surveillance footage from inside the taxi back up the driver's account, police said.
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The company is planning to debut a driverless taxi service in Phoenix later this year, and the company's plan is for the driving technology to be so good that customers never need to take over the wheel.
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Now, as Waymo scales up its self-driving taxi service, Uber’s fear could be coming to pass.
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Waymo is sticking with plans to offer a driverless taxi service to Phoenix-area drivers this year, with plans to expand to other cities as regulations and market conditions allow.
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In city after city, bar Singapore, jams confine people in taxis for hours, or force them onto the back of motorbikes that weave precariously through traffic.
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The final product can be used by buses, taxis, cars and trucks.
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Beginning on Friday, edited, 30-second versions of the videos will be shown on TV and streaming services like Fox, CBS, Showtime, Hulu, and Amazon, as well as in New York City taxis, the New York Times reports.
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First Known Use of taxi
circa 1907
Definition of taxi
taxied;
taxiing;
taxis
or taxies
1 a
of an aircraft
: to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water
b
: to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power
2
: to ride in a taxicab
- taxied to the train station
Examples of taxi in a Sentence
The plane taxied slowly to the runway.
The pilot taxied out to the runway.
The pilot taxied the plane out to the runway.
Recent Examples of taxi from the Web
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Allen shared new footage of the Stratrolaunch taxiing on the runway over the weekend in Mojave, Calif.
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During the miraculous landing, Slod didn't hit any vehicles -- or anything else -- even threading the needle, guiding the plane under a highway overpass while taxiing, the station says.
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Onlookers in the terminal waved farewell as the plane, operated by Delta Air Lines, taxied out to the runway.
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Before the prototype was completed, designers improvised a mock-up cockpit mounted on the roof of a truck to simulate taxiing an airliner whose cockpit was 35 feet above the ground.
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As the plane taxied to the gate, the pilot came on the PA and announced that Doug Jones was in the lead.
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Planes could taxi all the way around the gate areas with no alley or buildings to slow arrivals and departures.
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And many taxiways are not perfectly smooth, causing extra motion when taxiing on them.
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Wunderlich got off the plane, which had already started taxiing.
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First Known Use of taxi
1911
TAXI Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of taxi for English Language Learners
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: a car that carries passengers to a place for an amount of money that is based on the distance traveled
taxi
Definition of taxi for English Language Learners
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of an airplane : to move on wheels along the ground
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: to direct an airplane as it moves on wheels along the ground
TAXI Defined for Kids
Definition of taxi for Students
taxied;
taxiing
1
: to run an airplane slowly along the ground under its own power
2
: to go by taxicab
Learn More about taxi
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