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 parents of a 16-year-old boy who wounded two students at a Colorado high school with an old revolver his family said was kept in a locked gun safe won't be charged with any crimes, authorities said Wednesday.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
The team was led by Dr Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, with experiments conducted by PhD student Tianyi Liu.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
The building was immediately evacuated, and students and employees were transported to receive medical evaluation, school officials said.
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Mia Sotelo, a student at Forney High School and an organizer of Thursday’s walkout, said students from her campus, as well as North Forney High School, are walking out in solidarity with schools in Minnesota that have been affected by the immigration crackdown.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
The team was led by Dr Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, with experiments conducted by PhD student Tianyi Liu.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
The building was immediately evacuated, and students and employees were transported to receive medical evaluation, school officials said.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Mia Sotelo, a student at Forney High School and an organizer of Thursday’s walkout, said students from her campus, as well as North Forney High School, are walking out in solidarity with schools in Minnesota that have been affected by the immigration crackdown.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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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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