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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En route to Sundance, the pair briefly stopped in San Francisco, where Choi spent a year of college as an exchange student at UC Berkeley.
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
Based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a second-generation immigrant high schooler who is tasked with helping new exchange student Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu) acclimate.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026
In general, Matson and the other exchange students didn’t have much to do but be American.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The exchange students focus on leadership and service, including political leadership.
—Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2025
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
Based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a second-generation immigrant high schooler who is tasked with helping new exchange student Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu) acclimate.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026
In general, Matson and the other exchange students didn’t have much to do but be American.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The exchange students focus on leadership and service, including political leadership.
—Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 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 30 Jan. 2026.
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