: designed to allow patrons or customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles
a drive-up window
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There is also a great deal of uncertainty surrounding key policies of the Trump administration—such as tariffs and mass deportations—which could further drive-up food prices.
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The tariffs are expected to heighten tensions between the nations and drive-up consumer prices on a range of goods.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
The check was later reported forged at Citizens Bank’s downtown drive-up.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
In response, the Church improvised to allow people to go to confession with innovative solutions like drive-up confessions.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Others waited hours in the drive-up line that stretched along Thomas Road from 31st Avenue to 53rd Avenue and down to the Interstate 10 exit.
—Lauren De Young, Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
At some point, perhaps 2040, corridor residential density may indeed grow and lifestyles evolve to where the entire community becomes indifferent to parking-dependent drive-up traffic as walking and cycling flourish across demographic lines.
—Jerome Johnson, Twin Cities, 16 May 2024
The Multnomah County Elections building, at 1040 SE Morrison Street, has a walk-up slot and drive-up drop boxes on both SE 11th Avenue and SE Belmont Street.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
The drive-up collection box was at the U.S. post office on Seventh Avenue near Indian School Road, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The tariffs are expected to heighten tensions between the nations and drive-up consumer prices on a range of goods.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
The check was later reported forged at Citizens Bank’s downtown drive-up.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
In response, the Church improvised to allow people to go to confession with innovative solutions like drive-up confessions.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Others waited hours in the drive-up line that stretched along Thomas Road from 31st Avenue to 53rd Avenue and down to the Interstate 10 exit.
—Lauren De Young, Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
At some point, perhaps 2040, corridor residential density may indeed grow and lifestyles evolve to where the entire community becomes indifferent to parking-dependent drive-up traffic as walking and cycling flourish across demographic lines.
—Jerome Johnson, Twin Cities, 16 May 2024
The Multnomah County Elections building, at 1040 SE Morrison Street, has a walk-up slot and drive-up drop boxes on both SE 11th Avenue and SE Belmont Street.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
The drive-up collection box was at the U.S. post office on Seventh Avenue near Indian School Road, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Drive-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-up. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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