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 on the Web Almost a year ago a French inventor is said to have demonstrated a mysterious ray which caused Parisian taxicabs to stop. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 In a demo made in collaboration with vision-assistance app Be My Eyes, a blind user gets near-instant descriptions of their surroundings, ranging from the actions of a group of ducks in the water to the approach of a nearby taxicab. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024 Henry recommended that city school officials recover funds from the vendors and enforce a requirement that taxicabs provide access to GPS tracking information. Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024 The Taxi Workers Alliance argued that the TLC didn’t have the legal authority to unilaterally change the license plate cap rules, and that a slew of new vehicles with TLC plates would saturate the market, hurting existing ride-share and yellow taxicab drivers. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for taxicab 

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“Taxicab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxicab. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.

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