as in pupil
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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Recent Examples of student
This academic year, the district extended the school day for elementary students by 20 minutes.
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
West Charlotte High School was founded in 1938 and has around 2,000 students.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
After 6 hours, the institution must notify law enforcement which has 8 hours to enter the student's information in the state's criminal database.
—Shaun Boyd
march 4, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Teachers and their unions have long drawn the ire of Republicans for providing large sums of cash to liberal political committees and for allegedly pushing students to the Left.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
West Charlotte High School was founded in 1938 and has around 2,000 students.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
After 6 hours, the institution must notify law enforcement which has 8 hours to enter the student's information in the state's criminal database.
—Shaun Boyd
march 4, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Teachers and their unions have long drawn the ire of Republicans for providing large sums of cash to liberal political committees and for allegedly pushing students to the Left.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
Noun
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Moore, a prized pupil of head coach Dave Canales, has appeared in 21 games (seven starts) for Carolina over the two seasons.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Silverblatt is more a monk than a leader, a Walserian pupil overwhelmed by his own capacity for wonder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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