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
Rideshare / taxi services will not be permitted to drop off near Miami Stadium – all such vehicles will be directed to an offsite lot (more info below), and fans will be required to board a free shuttle bus.—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Last week, a group of people swarmed Noureddine Bitat's taxi, stomping on it and smashing its windshield.—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Verb
There had just been a snowstorm and the plane wasn’t able to taxi all the way to the gate.—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Security camera video released by the airport shows the Airbus A319 plane starting to slowly taxi away from the terminals as a line of vehicles approached.—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for taxi
In each city, the concierge-style service has its own private check-in and TSA process’,’ provides food, drinks and spa services’,’ and chauffeurs you directly to your plane.
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Beth Landman,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
Chow would later chauffeur Mamdani to Gracie Mansion.