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
Nearly everyone down the line — drugmakers, pharmacies, wholesalers and middlemen — opposes most tariffs.
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Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 13 May 2025
Walgreens said the investment in robotic pharmacy fills is already paying off.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Previously, a human team would have had to sift through Walgreens' rich network of store, pharmacy and health care transactions to identify patient insights that could be relevant for clinical trials.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
But sales in the company’s retail pharmacy segment missed Wall Street’s expectations for the quarter, according to StreetAccount.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 May 2025
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Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 13 May 2025
Walgreens said the investment in robotic pharmacy fills is already paying off.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Previously, a human team would have had to sift through Walgreens' rich network of store, pharmacy and health care transactions to identify patient insights that could be relevant for clinical trials.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
But sales in the company’s retail pharmacy segment missed Wall Street’s expectations for the quarter, according to StreetAccount.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacy
drugstore
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Rite Aid cites declining sales Rite Aid had planned to merge with Albertsons, the Boise grocery giant, in 2017, but the deal fell apart a year later as the drugstore chain struggled with competition from larger competitors such as CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
17 May 2025
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As of Thursday night, Rite Aid operated 1,240 stores in the U.S. with most of them located in California, Pennsylvania and New York, according to the drugstore chain’s store locator.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Pharmacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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