as a body
Example Sentences
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It presented itself as a body created to attract foreign investment into Africa's most populous country, operating from an office inside the Federal Secretariat in Abuja - the huge complex that houses Nigeria's government ministries.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The widening conflict came as a body of conservative clerics in Iran was weighing who will replace the nation’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
His renaissance man biography includes a career as a body builder, highlighted by his Mr. Universe titles, action film success, political stardom and even tabloid-fodder infidelity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Whatever they were, the grand jury in D.C. didn’t just reject them as a body.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2026
Hampden College, as a body, was always strangely prone to hysteria.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
