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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
Scott worked on the movement for weeks, finally landing on an uncanny approach where his pupils roll into his head while his jaw goes slack.
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
When researchers submitted their findings to Nature Methods, an anonymous reviewer pushed the researchers to add a set of cameras in each eye piece that could record the mouse’s pupils and verify the animal’s engagement and arousal.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
These pupils are thrilled to be doing something fun and unusual on camera with guest teachers — and are mostly blissfully unaware of their substitutes’ awards and accomplishments.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
The students were elementary and middle school pupils, according to local station WYFF.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Harry asked pupils their names and ages in the language, and Meghan brought up their 5-year-old son, Prince Archie, in conversation with a child.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
At the very beginning, there were only several dozens of pupils in the school.
—Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2024
The pupils accept that by living in Artsakh, they are all considered soldiers because that’s what the situation demands.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Her pupils wanted to practice it.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
When researchers submitted their findings to Nature Methods, an anonymous reviewer pushed the researchers to add a set of cameras in each eye piece that could record the mouse’s pupils and verify the animal’s engagement and arousal.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
These pupils are thrilled to be doing something fun and unusual on camera with guest teachers — and are mostly blissfully unaware of their substitutes’ awards and accomplishments.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
The students were elementary and middle school pupils, according to local station WYFF.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Harry asked pupils their names and ages in the language, and Meghan brought up their 5-year-old son, Prince Archie, in conversation with a child.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
At the very beginning, there were only several dozens of pupils in the school.
—Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2024
The pupils accept that by living in Artsakh, they are all considered soldiers because that’s what the situation demands.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Her pupils wanted to practice it.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupils
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The long-term goal is to turn the 30-acre campus into a humming technology and innovation hub for students, startups, the company’s electric vehicle program and old-fashioned brick-and-mortar ventures like anchor tenant Yellow Light, the station’s first indoor eatery since 1988.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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To prepare, students have mandatory culture classes.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Earlier scholars suggested the monument was a temple, a calendar or an observatory.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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On the other hand, the version of the theory often attributed to him is so radical that few modern scholars would want the honor, anyway.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Money is an effect of production, not an instigator of production as Milton Friedman imagined, and that disciples of Friedman like Steve Hanke and John Greenwood contend to this day.John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Matt LaFleur is shining in a rough year for Mike/Kyle Shanahan disciples.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Like followers of the 2016 Cubs, Bucks fans felt as though their championship team would be back for at least one or two more titles with youth on their side.Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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While maintaining a quirky and mysterious air, the show yields questions like, is a cult real if its creators are pretending but its followers aren’t?Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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