Thesaurus results for PHARMACIES

pharmacies

noun

plural of pharmacy

as in drugstores

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 pharmacies Location data can expose visits to doctors, pharmacies, places of worship and other sensitive locations, especially when it gets combined with advertising identifiers and other information about you. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The government will regulate private pharmacies Allowing private pharmacies is part of a package of 176 economic measures approved by Cuba’s Parliament in June to expand private enterprise and help address the country’s economic crisis. — Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Allowing private pharmacies is part of a package of 176 economic measures approved by Cuba’s Parliament in June to expand private enterprise and help address the country’s economic crisis. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Contract pharmacies grew from roughly 1,300 in 2010 to more than 31,000 by mid-2026, dominated by the largest chains. — Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 The rush in demand for peptides could provide a new revenue stream for many small pharmacies. — Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 Deontae Britton, also known as Deaundre Blount, 33, was one of three men charged in connection with the pharmacy burglaries, including break-ins at pharmacies in Baltimore and Howard counties. — Cbs Baltimore, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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drugstores

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The Waterstones shop sat on a wide main street of drugstores and budget-clothing chains in whose windows everything appeared to be on sale.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Investigators then learned that Betkouski worked in drugstores.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

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