as a body
Example Sentences
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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
Whatever they were, the grand jury in D.C. didn’t just reject them as a body.
From Slate • Feb. 14, 2026
And yet, Congress’ path to irrelevance as a body of government did not begin during the shutdown, or even in January 2025.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
He added that Post Office Limited, as a body, "were misleading" the shareholder executive and ministers.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
I didn’t need to get published, or to make money from my writing; I just needed to be able to think of myself as a person with a brain as well as a body.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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