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as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
in olden days the apothecary had few drugs that actually cured anything, most substances being little more than pain relievers
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as in pharmacy
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
the historic village boasts an old-fashioned apothecary that's been there for almost a century and a half
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Recent Examples of apothecary
The bottles of bitters are sold at the apothecary, as well as online and in select stores, like Total Wine.
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Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The experience at the Woodside estate starts in the historic mansion, which has been transformed into a witches’ Gothic apothecary.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Where to Go The Madrones & The Brambles Hideaway – Stylish sister properties in Philo with vineyard views and garden paths, plus an upmarket cannabis apothecary.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
There is fashion; dining, with three options ranging from grab-and-go to full service; home decor; gifts; fine jewelry, and apothecary, all in one mini-department store.
—Kristin Larson, Footwear News, 15 Aug. 2025
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Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The experience at the Woodside estate starts in the historic mansion, which has been transformed into a witches’ Gothic apothecary.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Where to Go The Madrones & The Brambles Hideaway – Stylish sister properties in Philo with vineyard views and garden paths, plus an upmarket cannabis apothecary.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
There is fashion; dining, with three options ranging from grab-and-go to full service; home decor; gifts; fine jewelry, and apothecary, all in one mini-department store.
—Kristin Larson, Footwear News, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apothecary
Noun
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Between 1995 and 2015, both publications—which have a combined circulation of some eighty thousand Canadian family doctors and pharmacists—regularly ran columns from the Motherisk team without subjecting them to peer review.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Kaiser Permanente, an early adopter of ambient AI scribe technology, provides it to more than 25,000 doctors, advanced practice providers, and pharmacists systemwide.—
Michelle Andrews,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly sell popular weight-loss medications through their own pharmacies, chain retailers and discount websites.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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An on-the-go pharmacy of all of your favorite things, of sorts.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Apothecary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apothecary. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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