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
Norma Sahagun, bargaining chair and special education teacher for moderate to severe disability, said the district is prioritizing management over teachers and students.
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Hamner, the teacher’s union president, said the union understands cuts need to be made, but they should be spread evenly throughout the district, not on crucial student services.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Nursing student Brynn Munoz is volunteering and excited about caring for her community.
—Robbie Owens, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
During the 2023-24 school year, 70 students at U.K. universities were reported for possible referral to the government’s deradicalization program, the report states.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Hamner, the teacher’s union president, said the union understands cuts need to be made, but they should be spread evenly throughout the district, not on crucial student services.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Nursing student Brynn Munoz is volunteering and excited about caring for her community.
—Robbie Owens, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
During the 2023-24 school year, 70 students at U.K. universities were reported for possible referral to the government’s deradicalization program, the report states.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
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The art market, in whiplash fashion, experienced pupil-dilating highs just after the pandemic, a lethargic two-year slump, then a sudden multi-billion-dollar rebound in the fall.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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So last year, the students helped out at Central Middle School setting up Chromebooks for pupils and also at Mercy Circle retirement community.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Legal scholars say this framing is intentional.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Take Habermas, whose defense of Israeli ethnic cleansing was protested immediately by such eminent scholars as Adam Tooze and Amia Srinivasan.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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