: providing or offering a comprehensive range of goods or services at one location
also : provided or offered at such a location
one-stop shopping

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Schmidt’s new Bolt Data & Energy is taking the one-stop shop approach for hyperscalers’ land, power, and water needs for their data center campuses. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026 What started for Mike Puma as a hobby of reviewing burgers around the city, to then making them himself at dozens of popups throughout the city with hours-long waits, has beautifully blossomed into a brick and mortar one-stop-shop. Emily Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, specialty retailers have been struggling for years to keep up with big box chains and online marketplaces as consumers look for convenience and a one-stop shop for certain items. Aaron Gregg, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025 That desire for one-stop shopping is universal, but fragmentation is the new normal. Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-stop

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of one-stop was in 1933

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“One-stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-stop. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.

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