: designed to allow patrons or customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles
a drive-up window
Examples of drive-up in a Sentence
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The first drive-up gas station in the country had just opened in Pittsburgh.
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Keith Moore, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
Curtis, who won her first Oscar last year for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, shared photos of herself in a car, her In-N-Out drive-up server and her order in her seat’s cupholder.
—Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Fish fries will be held with a drive-up at the parish family center parking lot at 17116 Olympia in Redford Township.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2024
The culmination was an MDM drive-up distribution event, where the couple and their two sons — Liam and Maverick — pitched in.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
The branch was renovated in 2004 and in 2010, including adding a drive-up service window.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Corporate structures are employing both new and traditional schemes to eliminate competition, control markets and drive-up inflation, affecting the costs of essential needs like food.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
The four-bedroom, 3,200-plus-square-foot residences were thoughtfully designed to function more like separate single-family homes, with completely different drive-up appeal.
—Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
Five Guys plans to open in the 3,035-square-foot building with a new interior prototype and a drive-up window next spring.
—Kathy Jumper, al, 13 Aug. 2023
Keith Moore, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
Curtis, who won her first Oscar last year for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, shared photos of herself in a car, her In-N-Out drive-up server and her order in her seat’s cupholder.
—Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Fish fries will be held with a drive-up at the parish family center parking lot at 17116 Olympia in Redford Township.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2024
The culmination was an MDM drive-up distribution event, where the couple and their two sons — Liam and Maverick — pitched in.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
The branch was renovated in 2004 and in 2010, including adding a drive-up service window.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Corporate structures are employing both new and traditional schemes to eliminate competition, control markets and drive-up inflation, affecting the costs of essential needs like food.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
The four-bedroom, 3,200-plus-square-foot residences were thoughtfully designed to function more like separate single-family homes, with completely different drive-up appeal.
—Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
Five Guys plans to open in the 3,035-square-foot building with a new interior prototype and a drive-up window next spring.
—Kathy Jumper, al, 13 Aug. 2023
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“Drive-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-up. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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