Thesaurus results for PHARMACIST

pharmacist

noun

ˈfär-mə-sist

Definition of pharmacist

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 But the policy's focus on smaller producers may mean that pharmacists will have a tough time meeting demand. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026 The peptide boom will put even more pressure on compounding pharmacies to quickly make drugs for telehealth sites, said Annie Lambert, a pharmacist and clinical program manager for compliance solutions at Wolters Kluwer Health. — Alana Semuels, Time, 28 Oct. 2026 In an interview with Fox News Digital, Jim LaValle, a clinical pharmacist and metabolic medicine expert based in Texas, said that supplements should be balanced with other medications and medical conditions. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Discuss these or any other dietary supplements with your healthcare provider or pharmacist before adding them to your regimen to optimize your health. — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharmacist

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Bob Onder Republican physician Bob Onder won a second term in Missouri’s third district, beating Democratic challenger and environmental chemist Bethany Mann by eight percentage points.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026
In March, two chemists had called a press conference to announce a simple tabletop experiment that released too much energy to be a mere chemical reaction.

— George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

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