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
Another urged states to use Title I money to benefit low-achieving students who live within the boundaries of a high-poverty public school but attend private schools.
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
Teachers, coaches, and parents—once supportive of their students and children choosing to take up the profession of arms—may now hesitate.
—Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
As part of the show, about 100 students from local fashion schools have been invited to attend, with a mentoring session scheduled prior to the runway presentation.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Soon after, the viewer meets Speck (Tobias Jelinek), notorious for murdering eight nursing students at a house outside Chicago in the late 1960s.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The inception of these new materials came when Robson, a professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia, was teaching students in 1974 about molecular structures by turning wooden balls into models of atoms.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s new students, there’s new classes.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
For example, Chromebooks are used by 50 million students and teachers per day, according to Google.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Every fall, schools in Aroostook County, Maine, allow students to take time off from classes to help harvest potatoes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
Teachers, coaches, and parents—once supportive of their students and children choosing to take up the profession of arms—may now hesitate.
—Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
As part of the show, about 100 students from local fashion schools have been invited to attend, with a mentoring session scheduled prior to the runway presentation.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Soon after, the viewer meets Speck (Tobias Jelinek), notorious for murdering eight nursing students at a house outside Chicago in the late 1960s.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The inception of these new materials came when Robson, a professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia, was teaching students in 1974 about molecular structures by turning wooden balls into models of atoms.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s new students, there’s new classes.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
For example, Chromebooks are used by 50 million students and teachers per day, according to Google.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Every fall, schools in Aroostook County, Maine, allow students to take time off from classes to help harvest potatoes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for students
Noun
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Recognizing the potential of his religious pupils, Kamp set up a chess team at an elementary school near the Collective’s setup in Tonto Village.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Lastly, the scholars chalk the tremendous success of the books up to Rowling’s evocative writing, which encouraged young readers to be creative while holding their attention for long periods of time.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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Field-altering books have deepened scholars’ understanding of the domestic turmoil of Revolutionary America, among other moments.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Students.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/students. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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