PhD
abbreviation or noun
variants
or Ph.D.
plural PhDs or Ph.D.s
: the academic degree, title, or rank of doctor of philosophy
He was awarded a PhD in economics.
Jane Smith, Ph.D.
also
: a person who has earned the academic degree of doctor of philosophy
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences graduated its first PhDs (14 of them) in June 2004 … —
Horace Freeland Judson
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Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Mark Travers, PhD, is a psychologist who specializes in relationships.
—Mark Travers, CNBC, 29 June 2025
Google—a groundbreaking Stanford PhD project, also with zero ads—was just three months old.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Larry Birnbaum, a professor of computer science at Northwestern University was recruiting a promising PhD to become a graduate researcher.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 25 June 2025
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“PhD.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PhD. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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