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 The gunman then pedaled a bicycle through Central Park, took a taxicab to a bus station and then rode the subway to a train station before fleeing to Pennsylvania, authorities said. Mark Scolforo, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024 Police later released a photo taken from a security camera inside a taxicab, which gave a clear image of the suspect’s eyes. Holly Yan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024 He’s been operating taxicabs, Ubers, or Lyfts since 1995, and even helped organize a taxi workers’ strike in the late ’90s. Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024 Once approved, WeGo will pay for up to six trips home per year via taxicab or rental car. Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 4 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for taxicab
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Noun
  • Mangione fled on a bike into Central Park before taking a taxi to a bus terminal in Upper Manhattan, according to court records.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Calvo worked as a driver for the taxi service until 2022, according to investigators.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At $277, cab fare came in as the fourth-largest spending category in her January budget.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 May 2025
  • The driver was not hurt but needed to be rescued from the truck’s cab.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Taxicab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxicab. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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