as in pupils
one who attends a school
a straight-A student at the local high school
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Recent Examples of students
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.
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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
Schools and students can follow simple steps to avoid these types of reactions, such as hand washing, and surface and dishware/utensil cleaning.
—Dr. Sonja O'Leary, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Dan Koester, a resident of Villa Grove who was in Champaign for the day to play with his band, was listening to the game in the parking lot of Merry Ann’s Diner, a 24-hour Champaign establishment well-known among students and locals.
—Aidan Sadovi, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The convention features everything from panels for students applying to medical school to nighttime dances, Brooks said.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
The group urged the evacuation of American and Israeli educational facilities and told students and staff to stay at least one kilometer away.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
The students circle inward at their tables.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026
Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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
Schools and students can follow simple steps to avoid these types of reactions, such as hand washing, and surface and dishware/utensil cleaning.
—Dr. Sonja O'Leary, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Dan Koester, a resident of Villa Grove who was in Champaign for the day to play with his band, was listening to the game in the parking lot of Merry Ann’s Diner, a 24-hour Champaign establishment well-known among students and locals.
—Aidan Sadovi, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The convention features everything from panels for students applying to medical school to nighttime dances, Brooks said.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
The group urged the evacuation of American and Israeli educational facilities and told students and staff to stay at least one kilometer away.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
The students circle inward at their tables.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026
Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for students
Noun
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Actor Marlon Brando and sportscaster Brent Musburger are former pupils.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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“Students.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/students. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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