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student

noun

ˈstü-dᵊnt

Definition of student

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 Armed with a gun and a knife, Richard Speck broke into a townhouse on July 14, 1966, in the 2300 block of East 100th Street on Chicago’s South Side and killed eight student nurses who lived there and worked at South Chicago Community Hospital. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026 Instructor Peggie Moore is passionate about working with students of every age, size, shape and ability. — Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026 These students are very dedicated to research and understanding fundamental biology. — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026 In the humid heat, the students ran circles around each other. — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for student

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History and science lessons can use role play to help pupils examine events or decisions from different perspectives.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
His long white oval scleras and perfect-circle black pupils, sometimes open and sometimes closed, are always inexplicably expressive—managing to seem happy, sad, scared, sleepy, shifty, angry, eager, alarmed, mischievous, or murderous.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

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A student of history and avid collector of tapestries, Ormund sees himself as a scholar, as Alicent (Olivia Cooke) describes to Rhaenyra in the fourth episode.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Her face displays the trademark unibrow and faint mustache — a gender-bending look that, scholars say, reflects Kahlo’s defiant repudiation of the classic female aesthetic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

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