students

noun

plural of student
as in pupils
one who attends a school a straight-A student at the local high school

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Recent Examples of students Between tuition, books, supplies and all the other costs that arrive with a new academic year, transportation is one area where students and families may be looking to save. — New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026 But research shows that alcohol poses a greater risk to students. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 Among those aboard were 35 Syracuse University students returning home from a semester abroad. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 The new structure could leave graduate and professional students looking for other ways to cover their education costs. — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The services delivered to the district's students could also be impacted as well. — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for students
  1. pupils
  2. scholars
Noun
  • Their heads are broad and coppery in color, and their eyes have vertical, catlike pupils.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Our eyes collect light through our pupils, tiny openings only a few millimeters in diameter, and a lens inside our eyes focuses the light onto an optic nerve.
    — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pupils
Noun
  • This coexistence of one god and many gods may initially appear contradictory, but a clearer picture emerges by tracing the history of how Hindu texts, traditions, and thinkers—and some Western scholars—have answered this question.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But legal scholars say those cases are different because the doctors weren't in Louisiana and never fled the state and became fugitives.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of scholars

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