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
In the opening of this 1957 bargain-bin drive-in picture, a mid-century WASP patriarch in the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit mold (Whit Bissell) plucks the body of a student athlete (Gary Conway) from a flaming bus crash.
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
College students are generally less mature than their pro counterparts, and may be more susceptible to manipulation by criminals.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Eve Burdick and her husband are paying off both student and medical debt.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
Throughout the series, Jerri acted as a guide of things not to do as a student at the school.
—Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
College students are generally less mature than their pro counterparts, and may be more susceptible to manipulation by criminals.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Eve Burdick and her husband are paying off both student and medical debt.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
Throughout the series, Jerri acted as a guide of things not to do as a student at the school.
—Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
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That meant that Emms pulled double duty of sorts at the London fest, also appearing in Jonatan Etzler’s black comedy Bad Apples, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a teacher finding her class of 10-year-olds disrupted by one unruly pupil.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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After parents were threatened with firings and evictions, 200 pupils withdrew.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Media studies scholar Stephen Ponder argues that William McKinley, inaugurated as president in 1897, laid the groundwork for Roosevelt’s later efforts to fully bring the press into the White House.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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And labor scholar Hamilton Nolan reminds us to breathe, and take the (rare) win.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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