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 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
Verb
Crewmember James Walters was recording from the cab of his 20-ton lift crane as one of the buoys was released 5 nautical miles north of Port Angeles, Washington, and 3 nautical miles south of Race Rocks, British Columbia, officials said. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025 Will plays Tyson, who drove cabs before joining Dwight's crew as an enforcer. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cab
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Noun
  • Also among those scheduled for release was Muhammad Zakarneh, convicted of planning the killing of a taxi driver in 2009, and Muhammad Abu al-Rub, convicted of carrying out a fatal stabbing attack in 2017.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Almost 40% of taxi and ride-hailing drivers nationwide are on Medicaid or receive health care subsidies, according to Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank.
    Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Practice went well, and the Vikings will soon bus from this Olympic-style complex to a beautiful hotel near the city.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The historically Black area gained a sizable Venezuelan population after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused tens of thousands of migrants from the border to the Democratic city in 2023.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The de facto captain oriented himself by motoring northwest along the coast towards Havana.
    Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect fled the scene, motoring his boat toward the Intracoastal Waterway.
    Chris Arnold, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Lions, who enter this game riding a four-game winning streak, rank among the most balanced teams in the league.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Famously, of course, Bianca Jagger rode a white horse there at her birthday party.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cab. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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