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 The larger pharmacy will be housed in a Lilian Rice-style white building featuring architectural details such as a shaded arcade and decorative tiles. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 The research team now hopes to confirm these findings using pharmacy records, which would more precisely track who is prescribed the drug. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 Blanket tariffs, however, won’t spur more domestic manufacturing of these drugs, said Erin Fox, associate chief pharmacy officer at the University of Utah Health. Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025 The council also directed staff to allow incidental drive-thru facilities, such as banks and pharmacies, to be conditionally permitted along the Brentwood Boulevard corridor. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pharmacy
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drugstore
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  • This drugstore shampoo and conditioner duo leaves hair silky, manageable, and full — a perfect foundation for bouncy, brushable volume.
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  • Kids and adults can take part in homesteading classes, check out a show in the 30-foot planetarium dome, participate in seasonal programming, or simply wander around the properties’ six historic buildings, including a drugstore, school, church, and cabin.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Pharmacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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