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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As design is taking place in more environments, from self-serve creative platforms and vibe-coding engines to other digital interfaces, maintaining consistency and quality control across the entire workflow is critical.
—Bill Connolly, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
That workflow hasn’t really changed in a decade, even as display, social, and influencer marketing moved into exchanges, self-serve dashboards, and marketplaces.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
These companies also have staffed or self-serve Amazon kiosks at many of their stores.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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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Bill Connolly, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
That workflow hasn’t really changed in a decade, even as display, social, and influencer marketing moved into exchanges, self-serve dashboards, and marketplaces.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
These companies also have staffed or self-serve Amazon kiosks at many of their stores.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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 5 May. 2026.
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