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as in students
one who attends a school
generally there are 20 pupils in each class
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as in adherents
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
to pupils of the philosopher Henry David Thoreau, the shores of Walden Pond are hallowed ground
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Recent Examples of pupils
In voice-over, Aunt Lydia likens teaching her Gilead pupils — her Plums and her Handmaids before them — to preparing a steak.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
According to the New York City Independent Budget Office, that number stands at one instructor for every nine pupils.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The Guyaki attack occurred on the same day that gunmen raided an orphanage in north-central Nigeria and abducted 23 pupils.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Already, as the second picture shows, the ewes’ pupils had morphed into rounds.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Restricting student screen time at LAUSD The board passed a resolution barring screens for kindergarten and first-grade students and capping usage for older pupils.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Just as your brain effortlessly combines visual data from two pupils about a palm’s width from each other, the VueBuds' AI meshes two separate camera images into one.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
Founded in 1990 by Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, the former Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, the school serves roughly 360 pupils ages 10-18.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
These key distinctions make AI education more than a buzzword, highlighting the real-world difference between pupils learning career-ready technical skills versus efforts to force the nascent technology into primary school classrooms.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
According to the New York City Independent Budget Office, that number stands at one instructor for every nine pupils.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The Guyaki attack occurred on the same day that gunmen raided an orphanage in north-central Nigeria and abducted 23 pupils.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Already, as the second picture shows, the ewes’ pupils had morphed into rounds.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Restricting student screen time at LAUSD The board passed a resolution barring screens for kindergarten and first-grade students and capping usage for older pupils.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Just as your brain effortlessly combines visual data from two pupils about a palm’s width from each other, the VueBuds' AI meshes two separate camera images into one.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
Founded in 1990 by Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, the former Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, the school serves roughly 360 pupils ages 10-18.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
These key distinctions make AI education more than a buzzword, highlighting the real-world difference between pupils learning career-ready technical skills versus efforts to force the nascent technology into primary school classrooms.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupils
Noun
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Not all disruptive students who land in special education get the EBD label.—
Laurie Stern,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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This year’s Fellowship cohort represents school districts across 10 states, collectively supporting nearly 1,000 schools and more than 567,000 students.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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He’d been struck that the Milwaukee branch of the adherents to his cause were forever boasting about their superior sanitation systems.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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TikTok obsessives, wellness-culture adherents, and misinformation junkies all end up in need of care.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The idea was then taken up by other Scottish scholars, including James Frazer, whose widely read compendium The Golden Bough (1890) attempted to establish cross-cultural parallels in mythology.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Geoff Canada, president of Harlem Children’s Zone, has known Bessent for 30 years and said the treasury secretary has mentored one of the program’s scholars for more than a decade.—
Fatima Hussein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Dukes has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Bishop encouraged followers to abandon their families and join his vision of a would-be utopia.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Just imagine singing along with a club full of other disciples.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
15 Apr. 2026
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In Rome, Leo washed the feet of others, as the story of the Last Supper records Jesus doing for his disciples.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Pupils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupils. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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