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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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An alderman who has long been a champion of the taxi industry once again raised the idea of requiring drivers for ride-sharing companies to be fingerprinted, citing a long-overdue city report on the issue.
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Taxi drivers staged protests in Split, Zagreb and Dubrovnik last month that clogged the cities’ streets.
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The woman calmly got out of the taxi and made her way into the building, which housed the New York editorial office of Viking Press.
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A free taxi had pulled up to the shelter, waiting to take Anthony to a dialysis appointment at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
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Minibus taxi drivers shouted for business from potential passengers in a busy intersection inside Mathare as residents carried vegetables, chickens and went about their business.
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It can be accessed via a scenic cruise on one of the city’s water taxis, which Plank purchased last year.
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Monday’s 6 a.m. opening took place without incident — despite fears that yellow taxi owners would block the passage of pedestrians following a weekend protest aimed at asserting their claim over a passenger pickup area.
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There are 259 accessible taxis already on the streets, according to data on the city's website.
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First Known Use of taxi
circa 1907
Definition of taxi
taxied;
taxiing;
taxis
or taxies
intransitive verb
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
transitive verb
1
:to transport by or as if by taxi
2
:to cause (an aircraft) to taxi
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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Taxiing with a three-tier approach, United Airlines has called upon Brooks Brothers, Tracy Reese and Carhartt to create new uniforms.
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Dozens of planes taxiing at once at a suddenly dusty Madras Airport.
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Planes that land now have to taxi back up the runway to reach the pilot’s lounge.
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The first accident occurred at 7:12 p.m. on Aug. 15, when a Boeing Co. 737 operated by Delta and an American Airlines Group Inc. Boeing 757 each were taxiing out for departure.
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Karimi landed and taxied to the end of the runway as the thud of the guns rolled off the surrounding hills.
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Schmerin said that as temperatures rise this summer, United will make sure air conditioning is running while planes are parked at gates or taxiing.
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Hock then ran onto an airfield's ramp at a regional airport in Lakeland, jumped onto the wing of a taxiing airplane and tried to pull open the plane's door, officers said.
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While taxiing to the runway yesterday evening, United flight 170 traveling from Newark to Venice, Italy returned to the gate due to a fuel leak, and was later cancelled.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'taxi.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of taxi
1911
TAXI Defined for English Language Learners
taxi
play
noun
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
verb
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
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