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
Nurses, doctors and pharmacists, as well as health groups such as the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Cancer Society (ACS), had the broad support of 80 percent or more of respondents.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
The pharmacists had kept hundreds of handwritten letters from customers whose skin had been healed, which soon also included my own.
—Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Founders, lawyers, novelists, pharmacists, actresses, a former Secretary of State—is there any single demographic more consistently high-performing?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer the contraceptive injection would help expand access to birth control across New York.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
Gillman noted that his school’s health science and academic programs are training nurses, pharmacists and public health officials, and that UCI is engaged in research that brings innovation and hundreds of millions of dollars into the region.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
In March, Mount Sinai, which employs 47,000 people, announced a new enterprise partnership with OpenEvidence to directly link to the service from the hospital system’s main electronic health record portal for use by doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, a professional organization for pharmacists, includes 14 brands or dosages of estrogen patches in its most current list of drugs in shortage.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 11 May 2026
Providers may assume coverage falls under a patient’s Part D plan, but pharmacists cannot dispense the medication until the central processing center approves the prior authorization.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 6 May 2026
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
The pharmacists had kept hundreds of handwritten letters from customers whose skin had been healed, which soon also included my own.
—Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Founders, lawyers, novelists, pharmacists, actresses, a former Secretary of State—is there any single demographic more consistently high-performing?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer the contraceptive injection would help expand access to birth control across New York.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
Gillman noted that his school’s health science and academic programs are training nurses, pharmacists and public health officials, and that UCI is engaged in research that brings innovation and hundreds of millions of dollars into the region.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
In March, Mount Sinai, which employs 47,000 people, announced a new enterprise partnership with OpenEvidence to directly link to the service from the hospital system’s main electronic health record portal for use by doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, a professional organization for pharmacists, includes 14 brands or dosages of estrogen patches in its most current list of drugs in shortage.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 11 May 2026
Providers may assume coverage falls under a patient’s Part D plan, but pharmacists cannot dispense the medication until the central processing center approves the prior authorization.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacists
chemists
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This reaction, however, produces heat, which can be controlled through adding chemical inhibitors or utilizing release valves, chemists say.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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In early January, Chan and five other quantum chemists based out of the California Institute of Technology reached a key milestone in understanding the enzyme nitrogenase, which converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and makes life on our planet possible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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“Pharmacists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacists. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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