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
  • Mamdani’s freshman year in office has barely started, but, as anyone who’s been a high schooler knows, four years can go by shockingly fast.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Upon his arrival, Trautwein signed two transfers from his former school, guard TJ Shanahan and tackle Egan Boyer, and convinced Emeka Ugorji to leave Stanford for the SEC after a promising true freshman season.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 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
  • Mariam explained that she’d been admitted to Bronx Science through a program called Discovery, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds whose test scores fell just below the school’s cutoff line.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The proposal would allow schools that already have student-athlete drug testing programs to also include nicotine in those screenings.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Buchanon, a redshirt junior who is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 300 pounds, spent his first three seasons at FIU and redshirted in 2023.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • After an excellent draft year that included success across four different levels (two junior, two pro), Strömgren’s post-draft season four years ago was more of an up-and-down one that left scouts wanting more.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026

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“Exchange student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exchange%20student. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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