as in pupils
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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Recent Examples of students
Three thousand students showed up.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
In recent weeks, several students, faculty and others have been gathering for weekly rallies outside Geisel Library in support of the professors and in protest of the disciplinary actions taken against students and staff.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
And when campuses disappear, enrollment falls further, because the local students most likely to attend those institutions lose a nearby option.
—Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
Out of the 270,938 students enrolled in public Colorado colleges and universities in 2024 — the most recent data available — 26% of those students were 25 or older, according to data from the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
Commitments to support immigrant students and families, including expansion of resource centers for them.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
California’s students are ready.
—Julianna M. Asperin Barnes, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
The long-term goal is to turn the 30-acre campus into a humming technology and innovation hub for students, startups, the company’s electric vehicle program and old-fashioned brick-and-mortar ventures like anchor tenant Yellow Light, the station’s first indoor eatery since 1988.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
In recent weeks, several students, faculty and others have been gathering for weekly rallies outside Geisel Library in support of the professors and in protest of the disciplinary actions taken against students and staff.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
And when campuses disappear, enrollment falls further, because the local students most likely to attend those institutions lose a nearby option.
—Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
Out of the 270,938 students enrolled in public Colorado colleges and universities in 2024 — the most recent data available — 26% of those students were 25 or older, according to data from the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
Commitments to support immigrant students and families, including expansion of resource centers for them.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
California’s students are ready.
—Julianna M. Asperin Barnes, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
The long-term goal is to turn the 30-acre campus into a humming technology and innovation hub for students, startups, the company’s electric vehicle program and old-fashioned brick-and-mortar ventures like anchor tenant Yellow Light, the station’s first indoor eatery since 1988.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for students
Noun
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The superintendent also said her district has lost 72 students since December, which has hurt funding that was dependent on the numbers of pupils and meals served.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Actor Marlon Brando and sportscaster Brent Musburger are former pupils.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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How scholars became aware of the Gimo archive, which includes nineteen works for mandolin, collected in Italy by the son of a Swedish iron manufacturer in 1762.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Aurangzeb assembled a panel of qualified Indian ʿulamāʾ (religious scholars) to compile this legal manual.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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