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
Striking workers include pharmacists, nurses, midwives, physician assistants, dietitians and more.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
However, secretive and unregulated practices by PBMs, which are heavily consolidated, have led to a chorus of drug manufacturers, pharmacists, and government regulators calling for more oversight.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Amazon will then have a pharmacist review the medication before it's picked up at the kiosk, which sounds like it will all be handled remotely.
—PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Throughout the series, Jackie balances her life as a mother, a wife and a nurse, all while struggling with addiction issues and an affair with the hospital’s pharmacist, Eddie (Paul Schulze).
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
However, secretive and unregulated practices by PBMs, which are heavily consolidated, have led to a chorus of drug manufacturers, pharmacists, and government regulators calling for more oversight.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Amazon will then have a pharmacist review the medication before it's picked up at the kiosk, which sounds like it will all be handled remotely.
—PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Throughout the series, Jackie balances her life as a mother, a wife and a nurse, all while struggling with addiction issues and an affair with the hospital’s pharmacist, Eddie (Paul Schulze).
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacist
chemist
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Published earlier this year, the book dives into the work of Sidney Gottlieb, an infamous chemist and spymaster at the CIA known as The Black Sorcerer.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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Black lemur – The jungle chemist Black lemurs in Madagascar are remarkably resistant to toxins.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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