as in pharmacy
a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold
we picked up her medicine and some toothpaste at the drugstore
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Recent Examples of drugstore
Less than a month after closing a Sacramento-area drugstore, Walgreens has announced plans to shut down another local pharmacy.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
The Bush Drug Store was typical of those common across Arkansas before the rise of chain drugstores.
—Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025
Rite Aid cites declining sales Rite Aid had planned to merge with Albertsons, the Boise grocery giant, in 2017, but the deal fell apart a year later as the drugstore chain struggled with competition from larger competitors such as CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
As of Thursday night, Rite Aid operated 1,240 stores in the U.S. with most of them located in California, Pennsylvania and New York, according to the drugstore chain’s store locator.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
The Bush Drug Store was typical of those common across Arkansas before the rise of chain drugstores.
—Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025
Rite Aid cites declining sales Rite Aid had planned to merge with Albertsons, the Boise grocery giant, in 2017, but the deal fell apart a year later as the drugstore chain struggled with competition from larger competitors such as CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
As of Thursday night, Rite Aid operated 1,240 stores in the U.S. with most of them located in California, Pennsylvania and New York, according to the drugstore chain’s store locator.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drugstore
pharmacy
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The front end of the Caldwell store will close June 12, but its pharmacy will close a little sooner, on June 5, a Rite Aid spokesperson told the Idaho Statesman on Tuesday.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
27 May 2025
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There are two primary types of retail pharmacies: chain pharmacies, which are operated by larger companies, and independent pharmacies, which are often locally owned.—
Lucas Dufalla,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2025
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“Drugstore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugstore. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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