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
All other students, including those currently in their senior years of high school, are no longer eligible for the program, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
All Stanford students are ambitious, but many of the most enterprising among them drop out.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The daily aggregation serves a broad audience spanning from Fortune 500 companies to scholarship students, allowing readers across sectors and backgrounds to quickly understand policy developments affecting California without requiring specialized knowledge.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
On an afternoon in late March, the students in Nancy Ewing’s Atlanta home are working on an art form that nearly died out hundreds of years ago.
—Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The Lotus School says students have improved their math skills by one to two grade levels in one school year.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
As aadministrnator at Oak Lawn High School for several decades Joseph McCurdy has tried to put students first.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
In August, fast-growing Star will welcome around 600 students to a new elementary school on North Pollard Lane.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 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
Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
All Stanford students are ambitious, but many of the most enterprising among them drop out.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The daily aggregation serves a broad audience spanning from Fortune 500 companies to scholarship students, allowing readers across sectors and backgrounds to quickly understand policy developments affecting California without requiring specialized knowledge.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
On an afternoon in late March, the students in Nancy Ewing’s Atlanta home are working on an art form that nearly died out hundreds of years ago.
—Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The Lotus School says students have improved their math skills by one to two grade levels in one school year.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
As aadministrnator at Oak Lawn High School for several decades Joseph McCurdy has tried to put students first.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
In August, fast-growing Star will welcome around 600 students to a new elementary school on North Pollard Lane.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for students
Noun
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Actor Marlon Brando and sportscaster Brent Musburger are former pupils.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Akçam is widely recognized as one of the first Turkish scholars to write extensively on the Ottoman-Turkish Genocide of the Armenians in the early 20th century.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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As Richard Reeves and other scholars of modern masculinity have made clear, men are not doing well.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Students.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/students. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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