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
The institute will be housed in Berkeley’s political science department, serving about 500 students a year, hosting fellows and funding research on democracy.
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Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
This Wednesday, the RR Learning Center in Antioch was scheduled to welcome students to its summer education program.
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John Ramos,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Five of the people killed were skydiving students and five were instructors, according to officials.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
28 June 2026
My coming-out story What my students don’t know is that my own coming-out story is similar to theirs.
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Carolyn O'Laughlin,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Especially lower-income students who may not have the kind of credit history to qualify for a private student loan.
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Cory Turner,
NPR,
28 June 2026
Loyola Blakefield’s male students pursue something old (Latin) and something new (cyberscience).
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Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2026
Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
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Jim Saunders,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
The long-term goal is to turn the 30-acre campus into a humming technology and innovation hub for students, startups, the company’s electric vehicle program and old-fashioned brick-and-mortar ventures like anchor tenant Yellow Light, the station’s first indoor eatery since 1988.
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Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
This Wednesday, the RR Learning Center in Antioch was scheduled to welcome students to its summer education program.
—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Five of the people killed were skydiving students and five were instructors, according to officials.
—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
28 June 2026
My coming-out story What my students don’t know is that my own coming-out story is similar to theirs.
—
Carolyn O'Laughlin,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Especially lower-income students who may not have the kind of credit history to qualify for a private student loan.
—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
28 June 2026
Loyola Blakefield’s male students pursue something old (Latin) and something new (cyberscience).
—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2026
Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
—
Jim Saunders,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
The long-term goal is to turn the 30-acre campus into a humming technology and innovation hub for students, startups, the company’s electric vehicle program and old-fashioned brick-and-mortar ventures like anchor tenant Yellow Light, the station’s first indoor eatery since 1988.
—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for students
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In May, William revealed that George had spent the previous night boarding at Lambrook, where many pupils ease into boarding life before senior school.
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Affected babies may show symptoms including constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelid, sluggish pupils, low muscle tone, difficulty sucking and swallowing, weak or altered crying, difficulty breathing, and generalized weakness.
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The manuscript, a treatise of Epicurean philosophy also likely written by Philodemus, was entirely unknown to scholars before the Challenge.
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Electronic dance music scholars have noted that countercultural scenes have shifted into a global industry, reshaping or erasing local meanings in favor of commercialization.
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