: an establishment (such as a theater or restaurant) so laid out that patrons can be accommodated while remaining in their automobiles
drive-in
adjective
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Netflix House builds on successful popups starting in 2020 with a Stranger Things drive-in the thick of Covid.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
In the opening of this 1957 bargain-bin drive-in picture, a mid-century WASP patriarch in the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit mold (Whit Bissell) plucks the body of a student athlete (Gary Conway) from a flaming bus crash.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
While visiting The Drew Barrymore Show, Lane also recalled her extra-sweet experience shooting the drive-in scene with Howell.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
That spot, which is not a drive-in, has been in business a shorter time — since 1971.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
In the opening of this 1957 bargain-bin drive-in picture, a mid-century WASP patriarch in the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit mold (Whit Bissell) plucks the body of a student athlete (Gary Conway) from a flaming bus crash.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
While visiting The Drew Barrymore Show, Lane also recalled her extra-sweet experience shooting the drive-in scene with Howell.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
That spot, which is not a drive-in, has been in business a shorter time — since 1971.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Drive-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-in. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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