cab 1 of 2

as in taxi
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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verb

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Recent Examples of cab
Noun
This will increase total seating capacity from five to six, and allow a couple (or throuple) to nuzzle up to each other in the cab. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024 Find a natural reason to be near them—like an elevator ride, in the back of a cab, or sitting next to each other on a couch. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024 Mansukhani, a designer in New York and a daughter of immigrants, said her uncle, Umesh Reghuram, wired money to cab drivers, vegetable peddlers and maids. Dr. Divya Chhabra, ABC News, 10 May 2021 See all Example Sentences for cab 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cab
Noun
  • Stephen is in a taxi; his obstacles are a chatty driver and roadworks.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The city has designated the 17th of each month as Ohtani Day, meaning bank workers, taxi drivers and civil servants go to work in their Dodgers garb.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Officials have added a second layer of security fencing to protect election offices, as well as concrete k-rails, which means election workers will be bused in from offsite locations due to reduced parking spaces.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The jury was bused to a hotel closer to Carroll County and will be sequestered for the duration of the trial, CNN affiliate WTHR reported.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Although Kadyrov has denied sending Chechen troops to Ukraine, there have been numerous sightings of heavily armed Chechen battalions motoring through the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
    Nicholas Waller, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2015
Verb
  • And then will ride off to multimillion-dollar mansions never to think of them again.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But to continue to ride that wave, maintaining our skills and expanding our capabilities is a must.
    Al Kingsley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cab. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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