How to Use drive-through in a Sentence
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See you in the drive-through line!
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Some are drive-through, some are walk-through.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
18 Nov. 2025
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Or, scoot through the drive-through for $12.
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Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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In case of rain there will be a drive-through area for handing out treats.
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Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2023
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That tip jar sitting on the ledge of the drive-through window?
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David Harsanyi,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
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The Irvine location will not have a drive-through lane.
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Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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Wendy's Hit the drive-through on your road trip and enjoy a frosty and fries in the car.
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Katie Bowlby,
Country Living,
1 Sep. 2023
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Call for takeout orders at the drive-through window.
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Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Prepare to save time and money by skipping the drive-through or coffee shop line.
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Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Aug. 2022
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The first phase also includes a Starbucks with a drive-through.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2024
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Call ahead to order takeout for pickup at the drive-through window.
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Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Majeski was forced to start from the rear of the pack and then serve a drive-through penalty on the first lap.
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Dave Kallmann,
Journal Sentinel,
28 Aug. 2023
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Like drive-through watch shopping—surely a first in the industry.
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Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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Only $12 adult meals are available for carry-out and drive-through.
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The Indianapolis Star,
15 Feb. 2024
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These items may be finger-lickin' good, but be sure to request extra napkins at the drive-through.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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The age of the messy drive-through meatless burger is finally upon us.
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Nikita Richardson,
New York Times,
13 June 2023
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Wendy's was the first to make widespread use of drive-through windows in the 1970s.
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Bob Vitale,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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A number of eager burger-seekers camped out overnight in their cars to be among the first to hit the drive-through.
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Emily Heil,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
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Heard whispers that the stores will be offering drive-through sample cups of coffee?
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Chris Morris,
Fortune,
18 Aug. 2023
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The event will be conducted via a drive-through method, with each household limited to one box.
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Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2023
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The restaurant is adding a drive-through window, Jeremy Lowe said.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 May 2024
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Took him to get something to eat from a drive-through restaurant and spent hours ensuring he was taken care of.
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Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The offer applies to dine-in, carryout and drive-through services.
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The Courier-Journal,
23 Feb. 2024
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The police pursuit was unfolding nearby as the couple pulled out of the drive-through.
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Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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Customers are able to receive the deal exclusively with orders placed in store and in the drive-through.
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Escher Walcott,
Peoplemag,
11 Dec. 2023
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The primarily drive-through or walk-up model makes new locations low-cost to build.
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Hanna Zakharenko,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Mar. 2026
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As part of the project, the developer also applied to build two drive-through restaurants.
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Theresa Clift,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Feb. 2024
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The restaurant closed during the start of the pandemic, and then only the drive-through reopened.
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Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2024
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The drive-through dinner does not offer baked fish or additional pierogi.
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Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Holy Oly transformed into a drive-through chicken pick-up, with a wave from the car and a check-in with lifelong friends.
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Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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But drive-through customers aren’t sitting calmly in front of a screen.
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Chetan Yavasani,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The city planning files also show a drive-through component.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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The employee was taking an order in the drive-through line when Peavey approached her from behind and struck her with the brick.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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Add that to comfort-food classics, and opting for convenience in the drive-through isn’t always a difficult choice.
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Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
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Yet for a small, small circle—those on the elite international horse show circuit—Wellington isn’t a drive-through town.
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Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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If the parasite spreads, beef supply could be strained, but the bigger question could be whether the news alone will spook Americans out of the drive-through lane.
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Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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There would also be a drive-through queue capable of accommodating 18 vehicles.
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Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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The drive-through coffee shop is going up at 390 Texas 199, across the street from a McDonald’s.
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Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2026
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Her office has allocated $1 million of discretionary funding to host four large drive-through food distribution events with the food bank as well as a handful of smaller giveaways.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Major companies involved in drive-through inspections and vehicle condition history reports have joined forces.
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Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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The restaurant chain, which offers drive-through and dine-in options, now has more than 430 locations in 10 states, according to Scrape Hero.
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Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2026
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But, after delivering me to my destination, the car turned in to a crowded In-N-Out Burger drive-through lane, which can take more than an hour to pass through.
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Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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The Star Wars menu fun kicks off at Burger King on May 4th and is only available for a short time and some supplies are limited, so see you in the drive-through!
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
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Work continues on a drive-through food stand that will bring a small version of the Original Mexican Eats Cafe back to Camp Bowie Boulevard.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Those who traveled just a few blocks outside their districts — much less the vast distance between points in California — were about as familiar as the anonymous attendant working the drive-through window at some random doughnut shop.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2023
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After McDonald’s announced plans to open a restaurant in Mattituck, the town passed an ordinance banning drive-throughs; when CVS arrived, the locals capped the size of big-box stores.
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Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
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The grocery store with a drive-through pharmacy will be just over 75,000 square feet in size, or about one-fourth the size of a Meijer Supercenter that also sells general merchandise and household goods, city officials said.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Built in the 1950s, the giant mortar-and-steel doughnut that sits atop the drive-through shop is one of Los Angeles’s most iconic landmarks and a premier example of the programmatic architecture popular throughout the mid-1900s.
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Cathy Chaplin,
AFAR Media,
22 Jan. 2026
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UVeye was founded in 2016 by Israeli brothers Amir and Ohad Hever, using its drive-through inspection technology at international borders to check vehicles for contraband, but soon expanded to more commercial uses.
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Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Information UVeye’s drive-through inspection stations gather from a vehicle at a dealer’s service department is now integrated into the system CARFAX uses to generate service history reports consumers and dealers use when researching the condition of used vehicles, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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