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as in pharmacists
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
in olden days the apothecary had few drugs that actually cured anything, most substances being little more than pain relievers
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as in pharmacies
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
the historic village boasts an old-fashioned apothecary that's been there for almost a century and a half
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Noun
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But the pharmacists at a drug store near his home in Austin, Texas, refused.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025 -
The order also expands permits pharmacists to prescribe COVID-19 vaccines themselves for the first time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The ads have now encroached into social media without proper disclosures with many online pharmacies not following the same rules that many pharmaceutical companies follow, a senior White House official said.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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The company has gone beyond food delivery, enabling purchases and delivery from restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, pet shops, retail stores, and more.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Apothecaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apothecaries. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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