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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Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
Motorbike taxis are responsible for nearly two-thirds of accidents in the capital, Kampala, but fines and awareness campaigns on the dangers of speeding have had little effect.—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025 Take a taxi or Uber – besides most VIPs have black car service.—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Verb
As the plane taxied to the gate, Levi, a former military airplane mechanic from Las Vegas who was sitting in a window seat, saw smoke coming from the wing and then fire.—arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025 But dreaming is free, and so is the thrill of wondering what might taxi down the runway this April.—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxi
Carpenter’s publicist tells her that earlier, her cab driver was asking who was playing the O2.
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Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
Rioters set Waymo cabs ablaze in Los Angeles last night in the ongoing spasm of violence the last several days over federal immigration enforcement in the West Coast metropolis.
Then there are the cars that accidentally drive onto the transit system’s property by tailing close behind the Teslas that are used to chauffeur passengers underground.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2024
Travelers are chauffeured, typically in a high-end BMW, directly to (or from) the aircraft door.
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