exchange student
noun
: a student from one country received into an institution in another country often in exchange for one sent to an institution in the home country of the first
Examples of exchange student in a Sentence
I went to Germany as an exchange student.
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The lawsuit claims that the students were wrongfully removed from Homeland Security's SEVIS record system, a government database that tracks international and exchange students' legal status in the United States.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 30 Apr. 2025
Shannon Elizabeth had hearts racing in 1999 as American Pie's beautiful exchange student Nadia.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Titled The Thames and I, the book describes his years as an exchange student at the University of Oxford as the happiest years of his life.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
While private schools such as Harvard do receive large numbers of exchange students, so do major public universities.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 30 Apr. 2025
Shannon Elizabeth had hearts racing in 1999 as American Pie's beautiful exchange student Nadia.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Titled The Thames and I, the book describes his years as an exchange student at the University of Oxford as the happiest years of his life.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
While private schools such as Harvard do receive large numbers of exchange students, so do major public universities.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for exchange student
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“Exchange student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exchange%20student. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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