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
Top-performing students could receive the Presidential Physical Fitness Award.
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News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
This impacts students’ performance and productivity at school, because overscheduled and highly stressed students are also often exhausted and distracted.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 1 Aug. 2025
Beyond democratic concerns, some academics are witnessing the challenges students are facing as a result of broader social and economic issues.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
It was traditionally conducted once or twice a year for students ages 10 to 17, and included drills like push-ups, the back-and-forth PACER running test and the infamous one-mile run.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
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News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
This impacts students’ performance and productivity at school, because overscheduled and highly stressed students are also often exhausted and distracted.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 1 Aug. 2025
Beyond democratic concerns, some academics are witnessing the challenges students are facing as a result of broader social and economic issues.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
It was traditionally conducted once or twice a year for students ages 10 to 17, and included drills like push-ups, the back-and-forth PACER running test and the infamous one-mile run.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for student
Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
Noun
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Enrollment has now reached 500 pupils at Arabee Aradiwiya, including 120 displaced and refugee children.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Farmington reported spending a little under $20,200 per pupil in 2022-23, and its enrollment currently hovers around 4,100.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025
Noun
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But true seasonal scholars know autumn actually begins when Bath & Body Works drops their fall candle collection—and something inside us shifts.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
25 July 2025
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International conferences dedicated to the genre attract dancers, musicians and scholars from around the world.—
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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