often attributive
Examples of student in a Sentence
a group of college students
She is a student at Georgetown University.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
In Milan, Italy’s most expensive rental market, architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed an Olympic Village that can convert into an affordable 1,700-bed student residence within months of the closing ceremony.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Once seen as an opportunity for college athletes to earn a second chance elsewhere — even when transfer students had to sit out an entire season — the portal has now become the Wild West, a place of seemingly unregulated wheeling and dealing.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
The new college sports world resembles a pro league, except the athletes are also full-time, degree-seeking college students.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student. Accessed 8 Jan. 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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