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taxicab

[tak-see-kab] / ˈtæk siˌkæb /
NOUN
cab
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NOUN
gypsy cab
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Or, as Ms. Underwood puts it, “we both drive like New York City taxicab drivers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

His first Emmy came for directing "Taxi," a groundbreaking comedy starring Danny DeVito, Andy Kaufman and Tony Danza, about the rough and tumble staff of a New York City taxicab company.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

He’s padded the movie with shots of B.J. grooving by himself in a taxicab or splitting his pants while showing off his dance moves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

What sets robotaxis apart is the privacy it offers that can’t be found on crowded subways or even in a traditional taxicab.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025

To trick him into giving scientific talks, his friends would stuff him into a taxicab and pay a one-way fare to the destination.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Regulated taxicabs were always free to develop ridesharing and ride-hailing apps that we now associate with Uber and Lyft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

In a column this week, though, Friedman lays out what he believes could be a winning middle way: A political party that is singularly focused on building robotic taxicabs.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025

The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Utilities Commission pulled permits that let the company operate driverless taxicabs.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

“There is a feeling that science is another institution like the music industry or taxicabs that are ripe for fundamental transformation to make it much more efficient.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

She is strolling with a happy gait, her body thrust toward the don’t walk sign and the yellow taxicabs that make forty-five-degree turns on the corner of Madison and Fifty-seventh Street.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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