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
Marino was among more than 40 doctors, pharmacists and drug dealers charged in 2019 as part of a sprawling Justice Department investigation into pill mills in the Houston area.
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Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2026
The modern electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, was invented in the early 2000s by a Chinese pharmacist in response to his father’s death from lung cancer.
—Mikkael Sekeres, Washington Post, 4 May 2026
Numerous reports from pharmacist employees soon flooded the DEA, and the agency said the father’s prescription license was stripped roughly one month later.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Another provision allows pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter for adults without a prescription.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2026
The modern electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, was invented in the early 2000s by a Chinese pharmacist in response to his father’s death from lung cancer.
—Mikkael Sekeres, Washington Post, 4 May 2026
Numerous reports from pharmacist employees soon flooded the DEA, and the agency said the father’s prescription license was stripped roughly one month later.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Another provision allows pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter for adults without a prescription.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacist
chemist
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Levi, who had worked as a chemist before the war, resumed his work fairly soon after the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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In November 2019, soil engineer Tim Neiligan, a former FBI chemist, began researching how bodies decompose in soil.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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