exchange student

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Recent Examples of exchange student Silvina – an exchange student from Argentina — was staying with them for three months and was eager to see the wonders of America. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025 Grace Van Patten leads The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox as the titular American exchange student in Perugia, Italy, who's wrongly accused of murdering her British roommate. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025 In a notorious video that circulated around the globe, 20-year-old exchange student Amanda Knox is kissing her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025 In 2007, Amanda Knox, an American college student who was studying abroad in Italy, was arrested for the murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student and her roommate at the time. New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exchange student
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exchange student
Noun
  • Currently, each school district can decide how many hours of a school day students can miss and still be counted as present.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales continue to remain based in Windsor, living at Adelaide Cottage within Windsor Great Park, and George, Charlotte and Louis are day students at the nearby Lambrook School.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The pained look on the freshman’s face and the hush of the Galen Center in those first few seconds was enough to transport at least some of the USC faithful in the crowd back to last March, when Trojan superstar JuJu Watkins injured her knee not far from the same spot.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But Stangel also praised Hale’s efforts defending Jillian Sanderson, Penn’s standout freshman guard.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Those encounters can quickly escalate, posing a danger to students and the public, the Police Department said.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This includes many opposition figures, activists, journalists, students and others detained during protests in 2014, 2017, 2019 and beyond.
    Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • High school junior Maya Do spent the weeks leading up to today’s kickoff of Tet tucking crisp bills into red envelopes, picking ao dai dresses to wear with friends and preparing a speech to deliver to hundreds at her first protest.
    Victoria Le, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Brown started high school at Kenwood and spent his sophomore year at Marist before landing at Dyett as a junior.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026

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“Exchange student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exchange%20student. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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