as in taxis
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
called a cab to get back to the hotel
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Recent Examples of cabs
Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Use it or lose it Today, an army of 24,000 licensed cabbies (only 3% of whom are women) ply the streets of London in the traditional black cabs.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The self-driving cabs have also been involved in numerous accidents and have been caught violating traffic laws, drawing the attention of federal regulators.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026
Haley is a party girl, whose job is seemingly to follow Whitney around, booking his cabs, travel and perhaps more nefarious dealings.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Uber is available for hailing cabs, though the Japanese app Go typically offers faster response times.
—New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Design details inspired by yellow taxi cabs, subway lights, and the building’s Beaux-Arts history celebrate this bustling neighborhood that—just like W Hotels—is always evolving.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Living in an expensive city, surrounded by colleagues who billed a hundred hours a week and ordered cabs home at midnight, McCoy was always the poorest man in the room.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake Technology has been tangled up in modern life for a long time, but the entwinement of Big Tech, as an industry, with our daily habits—everything from tracking friends to hiring cabs—is new.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
At any major port, there are plenty of excursion operators, cabs, and rideshares happy to drive you to a location.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Use it or lose it Today, an army of 24,000 licensed cabbies (only 3% of whom are women) ply the streets of London in the traditional black cabs.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The self-driving cabs have also been involved in numerous accidents and have been caught violating traffic laws, drawing the attention of federal regulators.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026
Haley is a party girl, whose job is seemingly to follow Whitney around, booking his cabs, travel and perhaps more nefarious dealings.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Uber is available for hailing cabs, though the Japanese app Go typically offers faster response times.
—New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Design details inspired by yellow taxi cabs, subway lights, and the building’s Beaux-Arts history celebrate this bustling neighborhood that—just like W Hotels—is always evolving.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Living in an expensive city, surrounded by colleagues who billed a hundred hours a week and ordered cabs home at midnight, McCoy was always the poorest man in the room.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake Technology has been tangled up in modern life for a long time, but the entwinement of Big Tech, as an industry, with our daily habits—everything from tracking friends to hiring cabs—is new.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cabs
coaches
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Even his father Roman Skornikov — an Olympian for Uzbekistan who coaches his son with his wife, Tatiana Malinina — thought the idea of doing four-and-a-half revolutions in one jump was crazy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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While Paul helped recruit Super Bowl champion coaches Mike Holmgren and Pete Carroll, Jody Allen oversaw the hiring of current coach Mike Macdonald, after making the decision to move on from Carroll in 2024.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Cabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabs. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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