as in taxi
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled took a taxicab to the airport

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Recent Examples of taxicab Grocery stores, schools, a movie theater, a bowling alley, churches, dry cleaners, employment services, taxicab companies, banks, restaurants, law firms, photography studios. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025 Years ago, startups called Uber and Airbnb changed the way Americans thought about taxicabs and hotels. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 June 2025 Probst’s hilarious cross-continental vote delivery first appeared in season 4, Survivor: Marquesas when the host hailed a New York City taxicab to take him and the voting urn to Central Park for the big winner reveal. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 May 2025 Fighters were delivered from the hotel a couple of blocks away by cars, with Lopez arriving in a traditional yellow taxicab and Garcia coming in Batman’s vehicle. Brian Mahoney, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxicab
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Noun
  • This is why visitors often experience aggressive street vendors, taxi scams or 'guides' demanding tips after offering unsolicited help.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The mosque’s chairman works a taxi driver and relied on the car as his livelihood, according to the manager.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to court documents, Tole told authorities that Sanchez — who was running wind sprints in the alleyway — climbed into the cab of his truck, smelled of alcohol, and was slurring his speech.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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“Taxicab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxicab. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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