as in pupil
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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Recent Examples of student
One of the students escaped and was in custody.
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Another program, known as Beca Bicentenario, which helps Peru’s top-performing students study abroad, was simply suspended.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Olumuyiwa Akindahunsi, who is not a student at UCLA and did not have permission to be on campus, allegedly attacked the women, four of whom are students, late evening on Thursday, May 28, and in the early hours of May 29, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
No student-athlete wants to begin their senior year by having intense hip surgery.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 4 June 2026
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Another program, known as Beca Bicentenario, which helps Peru’s top-performing students study abroad, was simply suspended.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Olumuyiwa Akindahunsi, who is not a student at UCLA and did not have permission to be on campus, allegedly attacked the women, four of whom are students, late evening on Thursday, May 28, and in the early hours of May 29, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
No student-athlete wants to begin their senior year by having intense hip surgery.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
Noun
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Indeed, pupils are over-worked and over-tested, with many funneled into private tutoring after school and during holidays.—
Reagan Yip,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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The final shot is a group photo of Diana and some fellow pupils relaxing outside in the sun against a school building.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The facility's revelation came less than two years after North Korea unveiled another covert uranium-enrichment plant in September 2024, in its first public disclosure of such a facility since showing one at the country’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex to visiting American scholars in 2010.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Other speakers include composer and educator Scott Keever, relational coach and writer Jennifer Luciani and scholar and writer Martin Law.—
Hannah Brueske,
Twin Cities,
2 June 2026
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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