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self-service

[self-sur-vis] / ˈsɛlfˈsɜr vɪs /
NOUN
ability to serve oneself
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Saved capital will fund upgrades including store remodels, expanded final mile deliveries handled in-house and self-service pet-washes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Novelties at Mayer am Nussberg that would have bamboozled Keller's ancestors include vegan food, alcohol-free wine -- of which Keller offers four sorts -- and self-service order touchscreens.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

A fish and chip shop owner says he is installing self-service tills to protect staff from customers with "abrupt" questions about price rises.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.

From MarketWatch May 11, 2026

Those taught the lessons of subordination are oft timid in the school of self-service.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson



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