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as in student
one who attends a school
generally there are 20 pupils in each class
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as in adherent
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 pupil
Then came his pupil’s first exercise: build a dossier on Williams’ boss in AP3.
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Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Scott worked on the movement for weeks, finally landing on an uncanny approach where his pupils roll into his head while his jaw goes slack.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
There was no sense the relationship was souring between Pollack and his star pupil, at least not through the eyes of the rookie.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Compared to white lights, low-intensity red ones minimizes pupil dilation, allowing better night vision; red light is also less disruptive to wildlife.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 26 Nov. 2024
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Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Scott worked on the movement for weeks, finally landing on an uncanny approach where his pupils roll into his head while his jaw goes slack.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
There was no sense the relationship was souring between Pollack and his star pupil, at least not through the eyes of the rookie.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Compared to white lights, low-intensity red ones minimizes pupil dilation, allowing better night vision; red light is also less disruptive to wildlife.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupil
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The 22-year-old Georgia student was killed by Venezuelan Jose Ibarra, 26, in February.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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In her time on campus, Walding has worked as a student recruiter for the university as well as the recruitment chair for the Chi Omega sorority.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Politics has a way of consuming its adherents and turning them into screaming Muppets without the entertainment value.Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Better, like the Deep Adaptation adherents, to dedicate themselves to accepting their fate.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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As technology improves and allows better reading of the manuscript, scholars continue to debate the content of the document and how the fragments should be put together in the hopes of gaining even more insight into Hellenic religion and philosophy of the time.Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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Michael Wara, an energy and climate scholar at Stanford University, said the state’s entire insurance landscape, not just the California’s wildfire fund, might have to be recalibrated if a utility company were found to have caused a major L.A. fire.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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And then there's Elon Musk and his Doge disciples, who reportedly include longtime associate and Boring Co. president Steve Davis.Dan Primack, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately for Donald Trump and his disciples, Mother Nature—like the equally tempestuous Stormy Daniels—can’t be bought off with hush money.Jack Sullivan, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
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The creator industry works because of the relationships that are built between creators and their followers.Rodney Mason, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Its follower count ballooned from 43 to more than 6,300.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Pupil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupil. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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