student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

Examples of student body in a Sentence

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An entire student body is being traumatized by witnessing ICE activity around their schools. Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026 Some county-level results might be statistically weaker, but the survey still represents Minnesota as a whole, and its results reflect the diversity of its student body, said Mark Lee, a survey director with the Minnesota Department of Health. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026 The movement had adherents among the student body and on the faculty at the Catholic University in Chiclayo, which has about ten thousand students, and the cathedral boasted an enormous portrait of Josemaria Escrivá, Opus Dei’s sainted founder. Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026 In the beginning, Jones said, there were quarterly Neighbor-to-Neighbor meetings when representatives from the city, the university, the surrounding community and the student body discussed problems and came up with solutions. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for student body

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of student body was in 1841

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“Student body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20body. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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