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as in students
one who attends a school
generally there are 20 pupils in each class
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as in adherents
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 pupils
The superintendent also said her district has lost 72 students since December, which has hurt funding that was dependent on the numbers of pupils and meals served.
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ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Actor Marlon Brando and sportscaster Brent Musburger are former pupils.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils were dilated and his movements were slow and lethargic, the incident report from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The puppet wore a black judicial robe and had glistening eyes with slit pupils.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
Hungry for travel and unaware of his history of mental disturbance—a habit of firing pistols during classes for deaf pupils had impeded his progress in Scottish schools—Muriel agreed to follow him to Southern Rhodesia, where the couple were married the following year.
—Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Her students include English language learners and special education pupils.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
With her husband John (John Slattery, TV’s go-to silver fox for a reason) facing a Title IX hearing for a series of affairs with younger pupils, our protagonist could use a distraction.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Actor Marlon Brando and sportscaster Brent Musburger are former pupils.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils were dilated and his movements were slow and lethargic, the incident report from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The puppet wore a black judicial robe and had glistening eyes with slit pupils.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
Hungry for travel and unaware of his history of mental disturbance—a habit of firing pistols during classes for deaf pupils had impeded his progress in Scottish schools—Muriel agreed to follow him to Southern Rhodesia, where the couple were married the following year.
—Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Her students include English language learners and special education pupils.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
With her husband John (John Slattery, TV’s go-to silver fox for a reason) facing a Title IX hearing for a series of affairs with younger pupils, our protagonist could use a distraction.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupils
Noun
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All other students, including those currently in their senior years of high school, are no longer eligible for the program, according to the Colorado Department of Education.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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All Stanford students are ambitious, but many of the most enterprising among them drop out.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Leftism thus constitutes an ongoing search for new causes to fight on behalf of, in a way that mobilizes adherents and creates solidarity among them.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Both romantic trends have adherents who spin their retreat from status quo romance as a kind of liberation from modern expectations, and who position their marital arrangement as the logical extension of a deeper political project.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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How scholars became aware of the Gimo archive, which includes nineteen works for mandolin, collected in Italy by the son of a Swedish iron manufacturer in 1762.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Aurangzeb assembled a panel of qualified Indian ʿulamāʾ (religious scholars) to compile this legal manual.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Certainly, Gomez’s 425 million Instagram followers, who have hung on every twist and turn in the star’s overall wellness and beauty journey, have helped push Rare Beauty toward its purpose.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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During the confrontation, Hussein and his followers were massacred, but the imam’s quest for justice became a defining value of Shiite identity, fostering a sense of revolutionary duty to fight oppressors at any cost.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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This egalitarian, crate-digging ethos makes a lot of sense next to MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt, who’ve fostered years of goodwill from uplifting their own disciples.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
6 Apr. 2026
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The event commemorates the Last Supper and the day that Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, highlighting the importance of humility, Tatler reported.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Pupils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupils. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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