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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
If schools can’t keep up their enrollment, that means a loss of funding, and for charter schools, where most of their money comes from per-pupil state dollars, that could lead to severe instability.
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Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
Fewer students means less per-pupil funding, though overall funding levels have risen with recent state budgets.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Teachers at the Magical Star Pre-School, which Miguel attended for two years, remembered their former pupil as someone who was always first to raise his hand and loved singing.
—David Chiu, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The data presented to the board showed per-pupil state spending in public schools comes out to $7,023.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
Fewer students means less per-pupil funding, though overall funding levels have risen with recent state budgets.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Teachers at the Magical Star Pre-School, which Miguel attended for two years, remembered their former pupil as someone who was always first to raise his hand and loved singing.
—David Chiu, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The data presented to the board showed per-pupil state spending in public schools comes out to $7,023.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupil
Noun
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For child care providers who offer pre-K programming, ESAs are an opportunity to help stabilize a sector that’s been competing with public schools for enrollment of these students.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The students spent about three months gathering data, interviewing dozens of sources and writing and editing stories under the guidance of a former Star reporter now teaching at Notre Dame.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.—
Jackson Potter,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Leading genocide scholars passed a resolution this week that declared Israel’s actions in Gaza had met the legal definition of genocide.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, meanwhile, is referred to by public scholars and media in a variety of ways that emphasize Russia or President Vladimir Putin as an aggressive antagonist.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Over 20 years, Belichick disciples became prone to treating players as disposable assets instead of human beings they are supposed to both employ and empower.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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The list of actors playing Jesus and his disciples includes Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas, plus musical director Paul Shaffer, all of whom would go on to have renowned careers on stage and screen.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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With 254,000 followers on Instagram, Bambi is well-loved by her online community—something that gives her owner joy.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The mother-daughter business, which boasts more than 17,000 Instagram followers, began in 2024 when Sara Janusik thought of starting a mobile coffee shop.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Pupil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupil. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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