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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
Because schools are largely funded on a per-pupil basis, schools with low enrollment may struggle to provide a full slate of programming and extracurriculars.
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
The center enrolled 142 students for the 2025-26 academic year, which is down from 200 pupils four years ago.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
Oklahoma ranked 49th in per-pupil spending, spending less than every state except Utah and Idaho, at $11,311 per pupil, according to the 2023-24 data from the National Education Association, which is the most recent available.
—Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026
Educators raised concerns that the initial bill included no increases in per-pupil funding for school districts, alongside significant cuts in money for student transportation.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
The center enrolled 142 students for the 2025-26 academic year, which is down from 200 pupils four years ago.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
Oklahoma ranked 49th in per-pupil spending, spending less than every state except Utah and Idaho, at $11,311 per pupil, according to the 2023-24 data from the National Education Association, which is the most recent available.
—Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026
Educators raised concerns that the initial bill included no increases in per-pupil funding for school districts, alongside significant cuts in money for student transportation.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupil
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Justin Clarke-Samuel, a 41-year-old Briton who performs rap music as Ghetts, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and barred from driving for 17 years for killing a 20-year-old Nepali student in an October 2025 hit-and-run in London.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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Look no further than your typical classroom, where a book being passionately taught by a professor is undoubtedly being judged as utterly meaningless by at least one of their students.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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Health professionals must continue cultivating awareness of how some religious objections will be beneath the surface — difficult even for adherents to articulate — but nonetheless legitimate and motivating.—
Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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Even some of its adherents were surprised Monday when the group launched a barrage of rockets and drones on Israeli positions across the border.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have been actively documenting the ways menstruation has been used to ground false arguments about women’s weakness, invalidism, and inferiority in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Child actor Jax James has been set in the series regular role of Dougie, Maureen’s only son who is not even ten but acts like a 60-year-old scholar and has no time for childish fancies.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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The other emerged from Jewish disciples of Jesus, eventually becoming Christianity, carrying the ethical inheritance of the Hebrew Scriptures across civilizations.—
Calev Myers,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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New Ravens head coach Jesse Minter is a Jim and John Harbaugh disciple.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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She was regarded as the female Christ by her followers but accused of witchcraft by outsiders.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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The age-old practice of saunas has captured the attention of the wellness zeitgeist, garnering a new generation of followers eager to tap into its benefits.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Pupil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupil. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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