as in pharmacy
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
we picked up her medicine and some toothpaste at the drugstore
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Recent Examples of drugstore
Then: a half pint of gin from the drugstore across the street, and Santa Anita for the day.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Yorker, 17 July 2025
Health inspectors shut down the drugstore after finding packages of Blow Pop candy and elote trail mix on a retail shelf with rodent gnaw marks.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated July 11, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Schools, universities, the local drugstore, everyone uses the data center.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The drugstore at 2138 N. Tustin St. closed a year ago, part of its consolidation amid a restructuring plan.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Yorker, 17 July 2025
Health inspectors shut down the drugstore after finding packages of Blow Pop candy and elote trail mix on a retail shelf with rodent gnaw marks.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated July 11, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Schools, universities, the local drugstore, everyone uses the data center.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The drugstore at 2138 N. Tustin St. closed a year ago, part of its consolidation amid a restructuring plan.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for drugstore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drugstore
pharmacy
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Costco is based in Issaquah, Washington, and operates grocery stores with retail pharmacies across the country.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Aug. 2025
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The company noted in its second-quarter earnings call this month that compounding pharmacies, which are allowed to make versions of medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration when drugs are in shortage, have affected the sales of its GLP-1 medications.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Drugstore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugstore. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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