taxi 1 of 2

as in cab
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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verb

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Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
After landing, the American Airlines plane taxied for about eight minutes before the right engine caught fire, billowing out thick clouds of smoke. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2025 Rural mail carriers for the U.S. Postal Service will also be exempt when carrying out deliveries, as will taxi passengers. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Verb
Tesla is increasingly banking its future on self-driving technology and autonomous taxi operations. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025 Kyle MacLachlan lends a helping hand in the Gods Love We Deliver Kitchen in N.Y.C. to celebrate their 40th Anniversary. Usher and his wife Jennifer Goicoechea are seen cruising through Venice lagoon on a taxi boat ahead of Jeff Bezos' wedding with Lauren Sánchez, on June 27. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxi
Noun
  • The Gastonia Components and Logistics facility provides stamping, metal fabrication and sub-assembly of cab and chassis parts.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • First responders recovered the body of a driver Saturday after their truck cab plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge a day earlier.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • Like any car show, this is often done by a small handful of brands who mostly just put consumers in the passenger seat and chauffeur them around.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Driving a golf cart on this land that time forgot—where cars are banned to all but locals—feels not at all different from being chauffeured in the back for a Rolls-Royce Phantom across Hong Kong.
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Trump rode on Epstein's private jet at least seven times.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 24 July 2025
  • The cavalry isn’t riding over the hill to save them — not yet at least.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025

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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxi. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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