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student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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Most schools have not pursued this strategy of expanding foreign enrollment as aggressively as Columbia University, where international students approach 40% of the student body. Andrew P. Morriss, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025 Lambert's student body is majority Asian-American, and the iGEM team this year was entirely Asian-American, almost all the children of immigrants. Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025 Hellfire Club Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) is the only one still associating himself with the Hellfire Club at Hawkins High School, because the rest of the student body still thinks Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) is responsible for killing Vecna’s victims last season. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025 But hidden among the short statements accompanying graduating seniors’ photos, a different story about the student body’s connection Black culture and politics is also hidden in plain sight. Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for student body

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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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 9 Dec. 2025.

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