often attributive
Examples of student in a Sentence
a group of college students
She is a student at Georgetown University.
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The historically Black university, which was chartered in 1886, has more than 2,200 students, 450 faculty and staff members, per its website.
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International students are part of student spending in communities across the country and the number of new international students limits Americans’ ability to work and thrive, too.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
The historically Black university, which was chartered in 1886, has more than 2,200 students, 450 faculty and staff members, per its website.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 10 Dec. 2025
International students are part of student spending in communities across the country and the number of new international students limits Americans’ ability to work and thrive, too.
—Bjorn Markeson, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
The Ministry of Education said in August that one-fifth of higher education programs nationwide have been revamped in the last two years — with a slew of majors cut or added — to channel more students into AI and integrated circuits fields.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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student
noun
stu·dent
ˈst(y)üd-ᵊnt 
chiefly Southern -ənt
1
: scholar sense 1
especially
: one who attends a school or college
2
: one who studies
a student of life
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