: designed to allow patrons or customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles
a drive-up window
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The nonprofit provides food to nearly 350 partnering agencies, such as soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters and schools, and also offers drive-up grocery distributions.
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Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The drive-up exchange is sponsored by OC Supervisors Doug Chaffee, Vicente Sarmiento and Janet Nguyen in partnership with the city of Garden Grove and the Garden Grove Police Department.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Kay Soto-Padgett and their wife didn’t even bother waiting to get into the Bountiful Blessings drive-up food pantry on Thursday.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 1 Nov. 2025
Open Cupboard’s services, including another fresh market in Maplewood and a drive-up grocery option in Oakdale, have been helpful to more people than ever since the government shutdown.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
The park features one drive-up campground at Foster Falls and four hike-in backcountry campgrounds.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Enhanced services taking advantage of Kohl’s stores being strategically situated closer to people’s homes than big malls, often in drive-up strip centers.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Their home ceremony included drive-up COVID testing and just 24 people from their inner circle.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The American tech giant’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, wrote in a X post in July, that the bot will begin delivering food orders to customers at Tesla’s futuristic drive-up diner in Los Angeles next year.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The drive-up exchange is sponsored by OC Supervisors Doug Chaffee, Vicente Sarmiento and Janet Nguyen in partnership with the city of Garden Grove and the Garden Grove Police Department.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Kay Soto-Padgett and their wife didn’t even bother waiting to get into the Bountiful Blessings drive-up food pantry on Thursday.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 1 Nov. 2025
Open Cupboard’s services, including another fresh market in Maplewood and a drive-up grocery option in Oakdale, have been helpful to more people than ever since the government shutdown.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
The park features one drive-up campground at Foster Falls and four hike-in backcountry campgrounds.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Enhanced services taking advantage of Kohl’s stores being strategically situated closer to people’s homes than big malls, often in drive-up strip centers.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Their home ceremony included drive-up COVID testing and just 24 people from their inner circle.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The American tech giant’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, wrote in a X post in July, that the bot will begin delivering food orders to customers at Tesla’s futuristic drive-up diner in Los Angeles next year.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Drive-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-up. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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