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 pharmacy giant closed about 1,200 of its stores last year, which included some of the roughly 140 Massachusetts locations. Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 That decision will prevent certain compounding pharmacies from creating unapproved versions of the injections. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025 The French pharmacy is an equally enticing reason to travel across the pond. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025 Window closing on discount weight-loss drugs Many Americans have turned to compounding pharmacies to get popular weight-loss drugs, due to lack of availability or expensive retail price tags. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pharmacy

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“Pharmacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacy. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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