student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

Examples of student body in a Sentence

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That’s how many international students Harvard has as of the 2024-2025 academic year, which represents 27.2% of its student body, according to the school’s data. Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 More than a quarter of the school’s student body hails from outside the U.S., according to university enrollment data for the 2024-2025 academic year. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 May 2025 The decision could impact more than a quarter of Harvard’s heavily international student body, who have been flung into anxiety and confusion by the announcement. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 22 May 2025 With the help of officers from the New York Police Department, Columbia laid a brutal siege on its own student body: more than seven hundred arrested, more than one hundred injured. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 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 30 May. 2025.

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