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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 With the national power shortfall exceeding 3,000 megawatts, the government has imposed sweeping cuts, exempting only essential services such as hospitals and pharmacies. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Kennedy’s push to make experimental peptides more accessible might make clinical trials even more unlikely, researchers say, because compounding pharmacies wouldn’t need FDA approval to sell the drugs for human use. — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 In recent months, estrogen products like transdermal patches have been hard for pharmacies to keep in stock. — Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 The discussion on new guidelines, expected to be published around March next year, follows June’s court victory for Novo Nordisk against local compounding pharmacies making unauthorized copies. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 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

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drugstores

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Watch whether major drugstores and beauty chains begin reducing shelf space for pore strips, astringent toners and cleansing wipes in 2025 restocks.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
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

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