as in drugstore
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
stopped at the pharmacy for tissues and cold medicine
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Recent Examples of pharmacy
Lilly added that its pill will be covered by all three of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, including Caremark.
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Among the fastest-growing segments of health care costs is pharmacy expenses, which increased nearly 15% in 2026 due to spending on GLP-1 medications and specialty drugs, according to Milliman.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Otherwise, medical staff for the school can either write the student a prescription for an off-campus pharmacy or directly dispense the medications to the student.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
Recently, numerous pharmacies in Boston have also begun administering mpox vaccines.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Among the fastest-growing segments of health care costs is pharmacy expenses, which increased nearly 15% in 2026 due to spending on GLP-1 medications and specialty drugs, according to Milliman.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Otherwise, medical staff for the school can either write the student a prescription for an off-campus pharmacy or directly dispense the medications to the student.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
Recently, numerous pharmacies in Boston have also begun administering mpox vaccines.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacy
drugstore
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Night sweats, sleepless nights, brain fog; the search for relief has driven some to get creative in the drugstore aisle, combining daily antihistamines like Allegra or Claritin with antacids like Pepcid AC.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
29 May 2026
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Top Picks This drugstore gem, which comes in 30 shades, earns praise from the pros.—
Jenny Berg,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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“Pharmacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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