as in chemists
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 pharmacists
Healthcare providers or pharmacists can also help with this process.
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2025
Here’s what pharmacists and doctors who treat postpartum depression and anxiety want new moms to know.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 28 Oct. 2025
Issue clear, accessible guidance to pharmacists, health care providers, and to the public about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
This, in tandem with the CDC guidelines adopted in October, means that pharmacists should now be able to administer the vaccine to anyone in any state.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Last month, the governor bucked Kennedy by signing an order allowing pharmacists to continue giving COVID shots without a prescription.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Gerard Maderazo, who sits on the bargaining committee for Local 770, said Wednesday night that Kaiser would be forced to temporarily shutter most pharmacies if a strike involving its pharmacists and technicians moves forward.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Types of health care providers may include people like physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and physician assistants.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Striking workers include pharmacists, nurses, midwives, physician assistants, dietitians and more.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2025
Here’s what pharmacists and doctors who treat postpartum depression and anxiety want new moms to know.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 28 Oct. 2025
Issue clear, accessible guidance to pharmacists, health care providers, and to the public about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
This, in tandem with the CDC guidelines adopted in October, means that pharmacists should now be able to administer the vaccine to anyone in any state.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Last month, the governor bucked Kennedy by signing an order allowing pharmacists to continue giving COVID shots without a prescription.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Gerard Maderazo, who sits on the bargaining committee for Local 770, said Wednesday night that Kaiser would be forced to temporarily shutter most pharmacies if a strike involving its pharmacists and technicians moves forward.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Types of health care providers may include people like physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and physician assistants.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Striking workers include pharmacists, nurses, midwives, physician assistants, dietitians and more.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacists
chemists
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The organization taps a multidisciplinary group of physicians, scientists, chemists, engineers, epidemiologists, economists, psychologists, statisticians, sociologists, and community members to turn scientific discovery into actionable knowledge.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Despite the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 and significant achievements of other German physicists and chemists in research on the structure of the atom, the Nazis were not rushing to put that research to use.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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