1
as in student
one who attends a school
generally there are 20 pupils in each class
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as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
to pupils of the philosopher Henry David Thoreau, the shores of Walden Pond are hallowed ground
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Recent Examples of pupil
In the later stages, skin will turn blue, pupils will dilate, and pulse and breathing slow.
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Brayden Garcia
january 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
Symptoms can include abdominal pain or discomfort, blurred or double vision, dilated pupils, dizziness, drooping eyelid, dry or sore throat, facial muscle paralysis, nausea or vomiting, swollen belly, and trouble swallowing and speaking.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
Blood was flowing from her left ear and her pupils were dilated.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
On top of the regular growth of Foundation Aid, the governor’s plan also includes a guarantee that each school district receives at least a 1% increase in assistance — even if the per pupil formula would have otherwise resulted in a smaller allocation.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Brayden Garcia
january 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
Symptoms can include abdominal pain or discomfort, blurred or double vision, dilated pupils, dizziness, drooping eyelid, dry or sore throat, facial muscle paralysis, nausea or vomiting, swollen belly, and trouble swallowing and speaking.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
Blood was flowing from her left ear and her pupils were dilated.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
On top of the regular growth of Foundation Aid, the governor’s plan also includes a guarantee that each school district receives at least a 1% increase in assistance — even if the per pupil formula would have otherwise resulted in a smaller allocation.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupil
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That idea carried beyond the classroom when students petitioned City Hall to make South Miami the nation’s first Compassionate City.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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In a unique marketing strategy, the studio printed four different postcards — each showing one of the core stars in the first looks at the characters — that were dispersed throughout the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts for students to find.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lawyers for the Satanic Temple argued that these restrictions conflict with the religious practices of its Hoosier adherents.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
6 Jan. 2026
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The movement had adherents among the student body and on the faculty at the Catholic University in Chiclayo, which has about ten thousand students, and the cathedral boasted an enormous portrait of Josemaria Escrivá, Opus Dei’s sainted founder.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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Hippocrates and his disciples did not disbelieve in Asclepius, the god of medicine (or any other god).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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One of Blake’s disciples was a young Welsh writer who arrived in London in the 1880s and took a job trawling through a garret full of old occult books, writing descriptions for a publisher’s catalogue.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Japanese followers were expected to contribute more than others.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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In an Instagram story on Monday, Katy Perry asked her followers to call their senators to ask them to block the appropriations bill that includes funding for DHS.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Pupil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupil. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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