as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
let's ask the chemist whether it's safe to take these two drugs together
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Invented by German chemist Fritz Stastny at BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, EPS is in everything from coffee cups and takeout clamshells to packing peanuts.
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Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Because of the periodic table, chemists got a head start on a lot of ideas.
—David Szondy
august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
Our legacy traces back 116 years to our founder, Eugène Schueller, a visionary chemist who revolutionized the industry by creating the world’s first non-toxic hair dye.
—Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025
More than 240 consumer safety specialists have left across the agency, including nearly 40 workers responsible for safeguarding food, plus about 220 chemists, biologists and toxicologists.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
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Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Because of the periodic table, chemists got a head start on a lot of ideas.
—David Szondy
august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
Our legacy traces back 116 years to our founder, Eugène Schueller, a visionary chemist who revolutionized the industry by creating the world’s first non-toxic hair dye.
—Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025
More than 240 consumer safety specialists have left across the agency, including nearly 40 workers responsible for safeguarding food, plus about 220 chemists, biologists and toxicologists.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemist
pharmacist
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Pharmacies are unable to administer COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico, where state laws don't allow any pharmacists to give a vaccination not recommended by ACIP.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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That triggered alarm bells for some medical associations, which issued contradictory recommendations, and also sowed confusion among pharmacists and other medical providers about the fall vaccine rollout and insurance coverage for COVID-19 vaccines.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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