as in chemist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage
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Recent Examples of pharmacist
For Bryan Biehl, a pharmacist from the Philadelphia suburbs, the legalization of online sports gambling came shortly after his 21st birthday.
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The bill did contain a measure backed by DeSantis that would have allowed pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter to adults without a prescription.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Last month, the Nevada Pharmacy Board levied $10,000 fines against a doctor and a pharmacist who are licensed in California but who don’t have permission to practice in Nevada.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2026
His ex-wife was born in Lincoln Park, a downriver suburb, and is a pharmacist.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The bill did contain a measure backed by DeSantis that would have allowed pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter to adults without a prescription.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Last month, the Nevada Pharmacy Board levied $10,000 fines against a doctor and a pharmacist who are licensed in California but who don’t have permission to practice in Nevada.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2026
His ex-wife was born in Lincoln Park, a downriver suburb, and is a pharmacist.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacist
chemist
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The industry was at risk of collapsing—until the physical chemist Fritz Haber, at the behest of the German Supreme Command, managed to take a common by-product of dye manufacture and weaponize it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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Barry, who died March 18 at his home in Cambridge at the age of 88, began his career as a chemist and became a world-famous immunologist.—
Marc Lipsitch,
STAT,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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