former student
Example Sentences
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A former student at the university has been arrested and is in custody, according to police.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
In January, Blanck got a lifeline: a $50,000 grant from Build Back Pali, a nonprofit started by three teenage boys — including a former student — to help small businesses return to the community.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
In Delhi, Anand recalls a former student who moved to Canada two years ago.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
He becomes the host to a former student named Sabiha, who has fled her home because she is suspected—wrongly, she claims—of killing her husband in a fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“Rutherford was an artist,” commented his former student A. S. Russell.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
