as in drugstore
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
stopped at the pharmacy for tissues and cold medicine
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Recent Examples of pharmacy
Newsom last week also signed Senate Bill 41, which places additional regulatory scrutiny on pharmacy benefits managers.
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Home mail delivery is also available nationwide through all three pharmacies for people who want to use Xofluza as a prevention treatment.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
The company’s website, which has since removed all of its services, remains available for former customers to request pharmaceutical records or locate another nearby pharmacy to fulfill prescriptions.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Medicine deserts are areas lacking sufficient healthcare providers or pharmacies.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Home mail delivery is also available nationwide through all three pharmacies for people who want to use Xofluza as a prevention treatment.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
The company’s website, which has since removed all of its services, remains available for former customers to request pharmaceutical records or locate another nearby pharmacy to fulfill prescriptions.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Medicine deserts are areas lacking sufficient healthcare providers or pharmacies.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacy
drugstore
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The drugstore chain acquired stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington as well as prescriptions in 15 states, resulting in the company gaining over 9 million former Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs patients.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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The store at 31541 Santa Margarita Parkway takes the place of a shuttered Rite Aid drugstore at the Mercado del Lago shopping center.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Pharmacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacy. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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