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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
Actor Marlon Brando and sportscaster Brent Musburger are former pupils.
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John Lauritsen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils were dilated and his movements were slow and lethargic, the incident report from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
In late 2024, more than 30 pupils were injured in an explosion caused by the manufacturing of incendiary devices intended for use at a student demonstration in Santiago.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The puppet wore a black judicial robe and had glistening eyes with slit pupils.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
Hungry for travel and unaware of his history of mental disturbance—a habit of firing pistols during classes for deaf pupils had impeded his progress in Scottish schools—Muriel agreed to follow him to Southern Rhodesia, where the couple were married the following year.
—Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Her students include English language learners and special education pupils.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
With her husband John (John Slattery, TV’s go-to silver fox for a reason) facing a Title IX hearing for a series of affairs with younger pupils, our protagonist could use a distraction.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
John Lauritsen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils were dilated and his movements were slow and lethargic, the incident report from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
In late 2024, more than 30 pupils were injured in an explosion caused by the manufacturing of incendiary devices intended for use at a student demonstration in Santiago.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The puppet wore a black judicial robe and had glistening eyes with slit pupils.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
Hungry for travel and unaware of his history of mental disturbance—a habit of firing pistols during classes for deaf pupils had impeded his progress in Scottish schools—Muriel agreed to follow him to Southern Rhodesia, where the couple were married the following year.
—Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Her students include English language learners and special education pupils.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
With her husband John (John Slattery, TV’s go-to silver fox for a reason) facing a Title IX hearing for a series of affairs with younger pupils, our protagonist could use a distraction.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupils
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The American Jewish community responded to the Yom Kippur War, which killed nearly three thousand Israeli soldiers, by flooding Israel with donations; doctors and students volunteered to join the war effort.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Independence Elementary, named for the nation’s semiquincentennial, will serve families and students who have been challenged by long bus trips and overcrowding at Eagle and Star elementaries.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Mar. 2026
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Leftism thus constitutes an ongoing search for new causes to fight on behalf of, in a way that mobilizes adherents and creates solidarity among them.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Both romantic trends have adherents who spin their retreat from status quo romance as a kind of liberation from modern expectations, and who position their marital arrangement as the logical extension of a deeper political project.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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When China began to dominate that metric, some of its universities were paying cash rewards to scholars for each publication, and a lot of Chinese research papers were shoddy make-work.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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As scholars of post-9/11 racialization have shown, people taken to be Arab or Middle Eastern were widely cast as potential security threats, regardless of their religious identity.—
Candace Lukasik,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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That makes sense, given she's used to broadcasting snippets of her life to her more than 7 million TikTok followers and nearly 4 million on Instagram.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Lifestyle influencer and DadToker Mortensen has become a social media influencer, with about 830,000 followers on TikTok and 290,000 followers on Instagram.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his disciples, marking the institution of Holy Communion and the washing of feet, symbolizing humility and service, according to the Presbyterian Church.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Last Supper with his disciples.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Pupils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupils. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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