as in pupils
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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The number of white students is predicted to decline by 26 percent, while the number of Black students and Asian/Pacific Islanders will decrease by 22 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Frederick Douglass School will serve students in preschool through fifth grade, including students who used to go to Evanston Academy.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
Some students sang worship songs.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Pleasant Hill Academy will turn into a middle school for students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, absorbing some students from Aiken.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
In December 2012, 20 students and six adults died in the shooting at the school in Newtown, Conn.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Some students left campus.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
So went early Tuesday morning for nearly 3,000 students, faculty members and staff members at Pepperdine University, a Christian school in Malibu known for its bucolic setting of rolling hills and ocean views.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The site is now open to anyone, following a beta phase on Linkedin, and its launch a few weeks ago at Stanford University where Katz says hundreds of students and faculty have signed on.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Frederick Douglass School will serve students in preschool through fifth grade, including students who used to go to Evanston Academy.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
Some students sang worship songs.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Pleasant Hill Academy will turn into a middle school for students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, absorbing some students from Aiken.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
In December 2012, 20 students and six adults died in the shooting at the school in Newtown, Conn.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Some students left campus.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
So went early Tuesday morning for nearly 3,000 students, faculty members and staff members at Pepperdine University, a Christian school in Malibu known for its bucolic setting of rolling hills and ocean views.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The site is now open to anyone, following a beta phase on Linkedin, and its launch a few weeks ago at Stanford University where Katz says hundreds of students and faculty have signed on.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Students.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/students. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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