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 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 Partygoers were greeted on the street outside by a photographer taking portraits of attendees in front of a personalized vintage taxicab. Mary Gillen, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 The show, which centered on a New York City taxicab company, premiered on ABC in September 1978, ultimately being dropped by ABC and picked up by the peacock for its final season. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025 On a recent Tuesday morning outside Union Station’s train hall in Washington, a stream of taxicabs, Ubers and Lyfts pulled to the curb to pick up passengers. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxicab
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Noun
  • Vietnam has introduced reforms, adopting stricter vehicle emissions standards and pledging that 50% of buses and taxis will be electric by 2030.
    Spike Johnson, NBC news, 29 June 2025
  • Celebrities in superyachts and taxi boats are sailing into the three-day wedding party while protests spread throughout the city ahead of the lavish wedding.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The detective approached the cab driven by Mendenhall and saw blood on his thumb.
    Sarah Nelson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Taxi brought together a true cast of New York City characters, sharing their lives in between customers at a cab company unlike any other.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 2 July 2025

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“Taxicab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxicab. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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