student body
noun
all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
student bodies
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pluralof student body.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The ABA had told schools to show “concrete” efforts toward diversity and inclusion in their student bodies and faculties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Another key difference is that the main characters are Black kids who either attend or used to attend private schools with predominantly white student bodies.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
The suspensions and arrests of at least 108 students spurred outrage from a significant portion of Columbia and Barnard College’s faculty and student bodies.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2024
The state, however, gave school districts flexibility in designing their own classes to meet the ethnic studies requirement, recognizing schools had an interest in tailoring lessons to diverse student bodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Among Negro institutions, I had then been to Adanta University and Clark College down in Atlanta, to Howard University in Washington, D.C., and to a number of others with small student bodies.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
