: designed to allow patrons or customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles
a drive-up window
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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.
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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
Online and drive-up window ordering will be available.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The 54-room lodge pairs nostalgic design with modern convenience: think custom headboards, smart TVs, and drive-up access or private balconies.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
The city also runs a quarterly drive-up recycling effort with the next event coming up Sept. 6.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 28 July 2025
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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
Online and drive-up window ordering will be available.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The 54-room lodge pairs nostalgic design with modern convenience: think custom headboards, smart TVs, and drive-up access or private balconies.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
The city also runs a quarterly drive-up recycling effort with the next event coming up Sept. 6.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 28 July 2025
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“Drive-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-up. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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