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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verb

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Recent Examples of cab
Noun
The rescue effort involved a high-point rope system to lower an LFC rescuer into the cab of the truck, a post from the Louisville Fire Department read. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025 Video of the incident showed SWAT team members smash out the truck’s rear and driver’s side’s windows with a metal pole, then use the pole to drop canisters of gas inside the truck cab to try to force the driver out. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 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
  • But low pay for drivers isn’t fundamental to the business of taxi and food delivery work.
    Daniel Ocampo, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • Based on the current taxi and ride-hailing car market, Bank of America estimates total demand for eVTOL air taxis could reach 200,000 units in the future.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Operation Lone Star In 2022, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Operation Lone Star to bus migrants to sanctuary cities around the country.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The extraordinary measures involved in these deportations — hundreds of migrants whisked away by plane without knowing their destinations and bused to isolated shelters — have shifted attention to Panama and Costa Rica and to how Trump’s immigration crackdown is playing out far beyond U.S. borders.
    Annie Correal, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The man appears to briefly lift the scooter away from the child’s leg, the child gets back on the scooter, and Miller eventually motors away.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
  • Those motoring to work in a Rolls-Royce aren’t being left out, either.
    Susan Campos, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Our family vacations were spent on lakes in canoes or riding ocean waves until sunset.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
  • Another itinerary allows cyclists to watch the pros race the Strade Bianchi, then ride the course the following day.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 13 May 2025

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“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cab. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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