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
Just last month, an attack on Canvas, a software used in schools and colleges, put thousands of students at risk by exposing sensitive information.
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Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
The story is much different in New Haven — predominantly Black and Latino, with roughly three quarters of students receiving free or reduced price meals.
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Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
The landmark Second Chance Act requires all students participating in high school sports for the first time to get an electrocardiogram screening and receive results showing they are cleared for sports.
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Martha Lopez-Anderson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Ford said that a crisis clinician and Quincy High School staff will be on hand Monday at the school to support current students and recent graduates.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
The city’s public school system has been hemorrhaging students for years now.
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Tom Deignan,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
For some students, that lesson plan is more straightforward than others.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Regardless, the rule has arrived — and Almirón's red card will be the moment students of the game study for decades.
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Olivia Shalhoup,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
How many of the other 11 were skydiving instructors or students of varying experience remained unclear.
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Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
The story is much different in New Haven — predominantly Black and Latino, with roughly three quarters of students receiving free or reduced price meals.
—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
The landmark Second Chance Act requires all students participating in high school sports for the first time to get an electrocardiogram screening and receive results showing they are cleared for sports.
—
Martha Lopez-Anderson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Ford said that a crisis clinician and Quincy High School staff will be on hand Monday at the school to support current students and recent graduates.
—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
The city’s public school system has been hemorrhaging students for years now.
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Tom Deignan,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
For some students, that lesson plan is more straightforward than others.
—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Regardless, the rule has arrived — and Almirón's red card will be the moment students of the game study for decades.
—
Olivia Shalhoup,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
How many of the other 11 were skydiving instructors or students of varying experience remained unclear.
—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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.
Noun
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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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