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
  • Other ways to get to Discovery Park include riding Sacramento Regional Transit buses and using taxis or rideshare apps.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Boeing 777 was waiting between two runways to taxi to its parking spot as American Airlines flight 2453 was preparing for takeoff for Boston.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Georgi then watched as the trio pulled away in their cab.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Will plays Tyson, who drove cabs before joining Dwight's crew as an enforcer.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Taxicab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxicab. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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