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
Forbes revealed the 19-year-old NYU student’s net worth amid resurfaced reports of tensions between Melania and Donald.
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Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2025
In August, five Northern Virginia school districts were found by the Department of Education to be in violation of Title IX for failing to roll back policies allowing transgender students.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
The program would allow students to earn a credential tied to content creation.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Since the nonprofit was created in 2014, Morning Pointe has been able to give away more than 170 scholarships to students at 29 partner schools across five states.
—Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
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Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2025
In August, five Northern Virginia school districts were found by the Department of Education to be in violation of Title IX for failing to roll back policies allowing transgender students.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
The program would allow students to earn a credential tied to content creation.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Since the nonprofit was created in 2014, Morning Pointe has been able to give away more than 170 scholarships to students at 29 partner schools across five states.
—Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for student
Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
Noun
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Scientists discovered that the transformation is caused by subtle pressure changes inside the eye from long-term pupil dilation, which rearranges the spacing of collagen fibers.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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One by one, with sweaty palms and cracking adolescent voices, the pupils rose and read.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Most legal scholars interpret this to mean that the President’s duty is to spend the money Congress appropriates, and that the President does not have the power to withhold funds.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Harvard’s Erica Chenoweth, director of the Non-Violent Action Lab and one of the world’s leading scholars of protest movements, has shown that peaceful resistance is twice as likely to succeed as violent resistance.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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