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
Another provision allows pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter for adults without a prescription.
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Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
More recent classes include doctoral-level scientists, veterinarians, pharmacists, entomologists, dentists, nurses, and other health professionals.
—Matthew Donahue, STAT, 22 Apr. 2026
The bill also allowed pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter to adults without a prescription.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Bradham only hired licensed pharmacists, according to Avery's research, which wasn’t the norm.
—Ryan Wilusz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Doctors’ offices and pharmacists may also know practical ways to save money, such as using a different pharmacy, switching to mail order or adjusting how a prescription is written.
—Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The infusion center started with two chairs but has since grown to encompass 10 spots for patients, three full-time pharmacists and three full-time oncology nurses.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Those are the big ones that pharmacists can help patients take in a way that benefits them rather than causing side effects.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2026
Nurses and pharmacists scramble to rewrite orders.
—Alex Mejia Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
More recent classes include doctoral-level scientists, veterinarians, pharmacists, entomologists, dentists, nurses, and other health professionals.
—Matthew Donahue, STAT, 22 Apr. 2026
The bill also allowed pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter to adults without a prescription.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Bradham only hired licensed pharmacists, according to Avery's research, which wasn’t the norm.
—Ryan Wilusz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Doctors’ offices and pharmacists may also know practical ways to save money, such as using a different pharmacy, switching to mail order or adjusting how a prescription is written.
—Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The infusion center started with two chairs but has since grown to encompass 10 spots for patients, three full-time pharmacists and three full-time oncology nurses.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Those are the big ones that pharmacists can help patients take in a way that benefits them rather than causing side effects.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2026
Nurses and pharmacists scramble to rewrite orders.
—Alex Mejia Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacists
chemists
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Research opens a channel, but more is needed Since refrigerating people wasn’t a viable treatment, chemists and pharmacologists needed to create a small molecule that could replicate what happened in the cold.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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These pioneering chemists from IQUEMA also spearheaded other astonishing, detailed archaeological initiatives that determined the compositions of old wine and aromas of the Roman Empire and of the mortars used in the Domus of Salvius, in the present case.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Pharmacists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacists. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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