as in pupil
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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At the center of Friday's case was the Montgomery County, Md., school system, the most religiously diverse county in the nation, with 160,000 students of nearly all faiths.
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Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025
Purdue's satellite campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest Indiana will also see tuition remain unchanged for in-state students.
—Ron Wilkins, USA Today, 27 June 2025
The school board also alleged opt-outs were difficult to carry out, as teachers had to find alternative lesson plans for excused students, according to court documents.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025
The methodology incorporated ratings from current students, alumni, and parents, as well as quantitative data collected from the U.S. Department of Education.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025
Purdue's satellite campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest Indiana will also see tuition remain unchanged for in-state students.
—Ron Wilkins, USA Today, 27 June 2025
The school board also alleged opt-outs were difficult to carry out, as teachers had to find alternative lesson plans for excused students, according to court documents.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025
The methodology incorporated ratings from current students, alumni, and parents, as well as quantitative data collected from the U.S. Department of Education.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Read more below The best for kids With the large exit pupil lending itself to wider pupil dilation common in younger people, the Celestron Cometron 7x50 is an ideal pair of beginner binoculars for kids.—
Matt Morris,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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White diamonds are placed on a concave surface with a gold ball in the center representing the pupil of the eye that rotates on an axis to reveal a round, brilliant center diamond encircled by white diamond baguettes.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The paper was published last month by a team of computer scientists and legal scholars from Stanford, Cornell, and West Virginia University.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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But some, including legal scholars from New York University’s Brennan Center, have argued a potential loophole exists unless Congress bans using the National Guard to enforce the law in other states without gubernatorial consent.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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