self-serve
adjective
: permitting or offering self-service
self-serve gas
a self-serve farm stand
These hotels are surprisingly good—with fresh beds, flat-panel TVs, self-serve breakfast buffets and free wireless broadband.—
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Yogurtland isn’t the only yogurt chain to employ a self-serve concept.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Dec. 2025
Publix is continuing to add more self-serve car registration renewal kiosks inside stores, doubling the number of locations in South Florida where drivers can take care of the annual chore.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
This, along with plans to hire more staff and upgrade its self-serve kiosks, is part of a strategic effort to reach its .
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Dec. 2025
Publix is continuing to add more self-serve car registration renewal kiosks inside stores, doubling the number of locations in South Florida where drivers can take care of the annual chore.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
This, along with plans to hire more staff and upgrade its self-serve kiosks, is part of a strategic effort to reach its .
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-serve
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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