cab 1 of 2

as in taxi
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled called a cab to get back to the hotel

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cab

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verb

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Recent Examples of cab
Noun
The cab and trailer were destroyed after rolling down the mountainside. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025 London transportation has two bona fide icons — the black cab and the red double-decker bus. Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
The starting price for the 3500 chassis cabs $49,285 including delivery charge, about $1,700 less than the 2024 model. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for cab
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cab
Noun
  • Hizkias recalls being driven to school each morning in her father’s green taxi.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • All 89 passengers deplaned and were bused to the terminal.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • He and more than a dozen other people were bused to San Francisco for the event.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The hope is that the talks could clear rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies and allow the global economy to keep motoring.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The hope in Southern California is that someday soon, the two will motor the franchise to its first Super Bowl championship.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The car rides after my tennis matches were the same way.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Then riders will turn left on the path at Club 1836 on Cantrell Road before riding the rest of the way behind Club 1836 and the Dillard's data center, which is part of the retailer's headquarters.
    Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cab. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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