an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment
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Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
The plane was able to taxi and park without further incident.—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 July 2025 Due to her intoxicated state, she was escorted off of the Southwest Airlines flight before the plane taxied, Dallas police wrote in the warrant.—Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
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In the trailer, Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust borrow a taxi and hit the highway, encountering cute girls and rock music on their journey to Los Angeles.—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 Supernal isn’t the only manufacturer working on an electric flying taxi.—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
That includes a passenger-side kitchen with dual-burner stove/sink combo and 69-L compressor fridge with indoor/outdoor access; the collapsible dinette with two-seat rear bench, two cab swivel seats and flip-up table; a diesel heating system; and an electrical system with 95-Ah battery.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
The pickup will be able to tow up to 11,320 pounds and haul 1,650 pounds in its cab and bed.
In a recent video posted by the Piano Man on Instagram, Joel pulls up next to a man riding a bicycle, chauffeuring two women sitting in an attached passenger car while blasting the rocker’s iconic 1976 classic.
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
24 July 2025
Neither graduated from formal schools; her grandfather chauffeured white families.
Shanghai’s Qiming Venture Partners, founded in 2006, rode the mobile wave, investing early in companies like Xiaomi, Meituan and Bilibili.
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Rich Karlgaard,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Participants can pay $20 for a 20-ticket activity and ride voucher that can be redeemed for amusement rides, the giant slide, kiddie bumper boats, make your own scarecrow, a pig slide, pony rides and pumpkin bowling.
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