student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

Examples of student body in a Sentence

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Today’s workforce and student body are often driven by values. Kent Ingle, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 North Carolina’s Queens University of Charlotte and Elon University are merging, combining their student body to total just over 9,000 students. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 For Hispanic-serving institutions, at least 25% of schools’ student body must be Hispanic students, while at least 40% of predominantly Black institutions’ student body must be Black. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 Undergraduate students accounted for 1,225 of the student body, compared to 374 graduate students, data show. Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 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 20 Sep. 2025.

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