student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

Examples of student body in a Sentence

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In February 2023, a little more than a year after the launch of ChatGPT, Vanderbilt University sent an email to its student body in the wake of a fatal campus shooting at Michigan State. Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026 Currently, some San Jose Unified elementary schools have combined grades into a single class to address shrinking student bodies. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2026 In Champion Women’s complaint to the Education Department, the organization points out that TCU’s student body is predominantly women. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026 More than a third of the student body signed up for the test. Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 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 1 Apr. 2026.

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