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 alternative for many is being forced to fold their practices into giant health conglomerates that place providers, insurers, pharmacies and corporate middlemen under the same bureaucratic umbrella. Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Senate Bill 33, which passed the legislature with sizable bipartisan support, blocks the state from issuing any more liquor licenses to drugstores, which typically means grocery stores that also have pharmacies. The Denver Post, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025 Why can’t every pharmacy be as happiness-inducing as this fancy drugstore on New York’s Upper East Side? By Emilia Petrarca Read On Stranding Out! Michael Odell, Air Mail, 10 Apr. 2025 For over a year, the family stayed in the Donbas, coping with evacuations and pharmacy closures. Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 24 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 28 Apr. 2025.

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