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
One student said learning drug information will help in many medical fields, even for those who do not plan to become pharmacists.
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Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
The median salary for dentists in 2024 was about $180,000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and pharmacists make about $140,000.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Tucked into what has been called Florida’s Medical Freedom bill is a provision that would allow pharmacists in the state to dispense ivermectin to adults without a prescription.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
When Americans, especially seniors, fill prescriptions through traditional pharmacies, pharmacists serve as a critical safeguard, reviewing medication profiles for dangerous interactions, flagging duplicate therapies, and counseling patients on proper use.
—Ryan N. Hansen, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
Last year, the FDA declared shortages of semaglutide over, requiring compounding pharmacists to stop making copycat versions of the drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet few pharmacists agree to supply these drugs, largely for ethical reasons.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Several hormone replacement therapies have been on backorder by CVS for weeks, and pharmacists are checking other locations to help customers, says Roslyn Guarino, a CVS spokeswoman.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Between 1995 and 2015, both publications—which have a combined circulation of some eighty thousand Canadian family doctors and pharmacists—regularly ran columns from the Motherisk team without subjecting them to peer review.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
The median salary for dentists in 2024 was about $180,000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and pharmacists make about $140,000.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Tucked into what has been called Florida’s Medical Freedom bill is a provision that would allow pharmacists in the state to dispense ivermectin to adults without a prescription.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
When Americans, especially seniors, fill prescriptions through traditional pharmacies, pharmacists serve as a critical safeguard, reviewing medication profiles for dangerous interactions, flagging duplicate therapies, and counseling patients on proper use.
—Ryan N. Hansen, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
Last year, the FDA declared shortages of semaglutide over, requiring compounding pharmacists to stop making copycat versions of the drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet few pharmacists agree to supply these drugs, largely for ethical reasons.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Several hormone replacement therapies have been on backorder by CVS for weeks, and pharmacists are checking other locations to help customers, says Roslyn Guarino, a CVS spokeswoman.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Between 1995 and 2015, both publications—which have a combined circulation of some eighty thousand Canadian family doctors and pharmacists—regularly ran columns from the Motherisk team without subjecting them to peer review.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacists
chemists
Noun
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Linus Pauling was one of the world’s greatest chemists.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Jan. 2026
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Carbon-fluorine bonds are usually known by chemists to be non-reactive.—
Isabella Backman,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Pharmacists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacists. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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