exchange student
noun
: a student from one country received into an institution in another country often in exchange for one sent to an institution in the home country of the first
Examples of exchange student in a Sentence
I went to Germany as an exchange student.
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The Supreme Court in Rome found Knox, a 37-year-old former Italian exchange student, guilty in June 2024 of wrongly accusing bar owner Patrick Lumumba of murdering her 21-year-old English roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007 and decided to uphold the verdict on appeal Thursday, according to Reuters.
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2007, Knox, then a 20-year-old exchange student in Perugia, and Raffaele Sollecito, her boyfriend at the time, were found guilty of killing Kercher, 21, but were later acquitted.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Knox was a 20-year-old exchange student in Perugia on November 1, 2007, when Kercher, 21, was found murdered in her bedroom with more than 40 stab wounds and a deep gash in her throat.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Few members of either academy will ever gain the same level of appreciation — or first-hand experience — of the rivalry between Army and Navy more than the prisoner exchange students.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2007, Knox, then a 20-year-old exchange student in Perugia, and Raffaele Sollecito, her boyfriend at the time, were found guilty of killing Kercher, 21, but were later acquitted.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Knox was a 20-year-old exchange student in Perugia on November 1, 2007, when Kercher, 21, was found murdered in her bedroom with more than 40 stab wounds and a deep gash in her throat.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Few members of either academy will ever gain the same level of appreciation — or first-hand experience — of the rivalry between Army and Navy more than the prisoner exchange students.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Exchange student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exchange%20student. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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