How to Use pharmacy in a Sentence

pharmacy

noun
  • There's a pharmacy in our grocery store now.
  • She's studying pharmacy at the university.
  • Sure enough, the first pharmacy was out, and so was the next.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The sauna is the poor man’s pharmacy, goes one old proverb.
    Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 3 June 2023
  • In the back of the store, near the pharmacy counter, there’s a wanted poster with an image of the man on the bridge.
    Drew Iden, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • But hear me out: This isn’t about what to wear for your new run club or for a lazy trip to the pharmacy.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The iconic pharmacy to this day, counts a who’s who of New York as clients.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Thanks to the man in front of me in line at pharmacy who was waiting to pick up an Rx.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Customers who get jabbed at the in-store pharmacy earn a $10 off coupon or maybe a gift card.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The pills can be picked up at a pharmacy or a doctor’s office or mailed to the patient.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2022
  • Other people in the store pulled the woman into a pharmacy and closed the gate to protect her, the chief said.
    CBS News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The pay raise follows one last year for pharmacy techs that raised the average salary to over $20 an hour.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 5 June 2023
  • The pharmacy will mix the herbs right there and send customers home with directions for how to prepare the loose tea.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Stop & Shop's grocery section will be open but the pharmacy will be closed.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Wade, 86, was born in San Jose and grew up in Santa Clara where his father owned a pharmacy.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • Those who qualify can go home with the medicines without having to make a trip to the pharmacy.
    Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 June 2022
  • Instead, a nurse makes runs to the pharmacy to fill Rab’s prescriptions.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Annabelle Dexter-Jones has found a happy place in a pharmacy.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In North Carolina, so many things are drive-thru, from pharmacies to fast food.
    Tiffany Grant, Contributor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
  • About 7 million older adults on Medicare used the drugs and had to pay a portion of the bill at the pharmacy or via mail order.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The pharmacy sign was still up as Garrison and his investors were getting ready to open in 1973.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Families are feeling the pain at the gas pump, in the grocery store, at the pharmacy, and going back to school shopping.
    Aubrie Spady, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • At least one has to be on duty for a pharmacy to operate.
    Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
  • And as of last year, the use of retail health clinics – the ones found inside a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens – was up 200% over five years.
    Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But in practice, the transition to the new system will mean that pharmacies face a cash flow crunch as fees overlap in 2024.
    Rachel Cohrs Reprints, STAT, 2 Jan. 2024
  • There are some great places there — sandwich shops, a place to buy my sneakers, a new old-fashioned pharmacy, a few gyms.
    Rebecca Kislak, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Their patients would get rejected at the pharmacy and be asked to pay out of pocket.
    Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The new vaccines will likely take a few weeks to reach pharmacies and doctors offices.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Flu vaccines are carried by retail pharmacies and are widely available at doctor’s offices.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Struggling retail pharmacy chains have spent the past few years closing locations across the country, leaving vacant storefronts scattered across the Sacramento region.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025

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