as in pupil
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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Trump’s second presidency has already negatively impacted other groups of students as well.
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Judith Browne Dianis, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Barnard declined to discuss the status of the students involved, citing federal law and privacy concerns.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Unlike single-user AI platforms, Alice develops a comprehensive view of each student's unique profile through conversations with both parents and students.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Seven years after King’s speech, my father and his siblings were among the first students bussed out of their neighborhood in Memphis to a majority-White public school as the city finally integrated its public school system decades after the Supreme Court’s mandate.
—Essence, 15 Feb. 2025
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Judith Browne Dianis, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Barnard declined to discuss the status of the students involved, citing federal law and privacy concerns.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Unlike single-user AI platforms, Alice develops a comprehensive view of each student's unique profile through conversations with both parents and students.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Seven years after King’s speech, my father and his siblings were among the first students bussed out of their neighborhood in Memphis to a majority-White public school as the city finally integrated its public school system decades after the Supreme Court’s mandate.
—Essence, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/student. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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