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
Six pupils at Bettie E Woolfolk Middle School were taken to the hospital on Tuesday, March 25, after a fellow student allegedly handed out edibles to their classmates, according to WLBT, WJTV and KKTV11 Alert.
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
After parents were threatened with firings and evictions, 200 pupils withdrew.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
Arcus senilis is a term for the discoloration of the cornea, the transparent part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
The film follows Roberts as a college professor who is caught up in a political and personal crisis when one of her star pupils (Edebiri) accuses one of her fellow professors of an act of abuse.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
After parents were threatened with firings and evictions, 200 pupils withdrew.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
Arcus senilis is a term for the discoloration of the cornea, the transparent part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
The film follows Roberts as a college professor who is caught up in a political and personal crisis when one of her star pupils (Edebiri) accuses one of her fellow professors of an act of abuse.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupil
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Long holiday weekends are ideal for travel because many people have an extra day off work and students are off from school.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In October 2019, the mother of four — who shares North West, 11, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6, with ex-husband Kanye West — dressed as the fictional Harvard law school student for Halloween.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Its adherents numbered in the tens of thousands in 2018 and surged to millions by 2020.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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She was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, and left Russia with many other adherents of Hasidism on the famous escape trains to Poland.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Immigration authorities released visiting Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri on Wednesday following a federal judge’s ruling.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
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Wednesday's court hearing was attended by dozens of people, including the scholar's family members, friends and colleagues at Georgetown and advocates.—
Soo Rin Kim,
ABC News,
14 May 2025
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Gaudium et Spes, 22), finally appearing to his disciples after the resurrection with his glorious body.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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Friedman, a Frank Lloyd Wright disciple, was head of the UC Berkeley School of Architecture at the time the house was built.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Emilie Kiser has more than three million followers on TikTok and one million followers on Instagram.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The club has four million followers on Instagram — double that of Sunday’s fellow finalists, United — and over 800k followers on TikTok.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Pupil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupil. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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