as in pupil
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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Recent Examples of student
The 10 finalists were nominated by their schools’ athletic departments for being stellar student-athletes, according to Reichert.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
The other namesake of the Coleman-Baker Act is University of Georgia law student Tara Baker.
—Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
This building is a message to every student who steps onto that stage — that their dreams are worth investing in, and that greatness can begin right here in a Los Angeles Unified classroom.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Researchers found the increase benefited not only underrepresented students but classes overall.
—Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
The other namesake of the Coleman-Baker Act is University of Georgia law student Tara Baker.
—Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
This building is a message to every student who steps onto that stage — that their dreams are worth investing in, and that greatness can begin right here in a Los Angeles Unified classroom.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Researchers found the increase benefited not only underrepresented students but classes overall.
—Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for student
Noun
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Meanwhile, enrollment is declining, offsetting the benefit of state increases in spending per pupil.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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In voice-over, Aunt Lydia likens teaching her Gilead pupils — her Plums and her Handmaids before them — to preparing a steak.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Van Bendegem, who would become a leading scholar on ultrafinitist logic, later addressed these concerns by considering a geometry in which a line or curve has width and is both finite and finitely divisible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ted Kaptchuk, an acupuncturist and leading scholar of the placebo effect, has described this phenomenon in detail.—
Hannah Kerman,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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