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After finishing her doctorate, Bohon worked nearly seven years as a communication specialist for Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Childs, who holds a doctorate of criminal justice in higher education, is a mother of four and deeply involved in community service in Brooklyn.
—Torsha Childs, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
Woodson earned degrees from Berea College (Kentucky) and the University of Chicago before earning a doctorate from Harvard in 1912, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, an organization Woodson founded in 1915.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
Her new beau had just received his doctorate, emerged from a divorce and purchased a house for himself and his young son.
—New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Childs, who holds a doctorate of criminal justice in higher education, is a mother of four and deeply involved in community service in Brooklyn.
—Torsha Childs, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
Woodson earned degrees from Berea College (Kentucky) and the University of Chicago before earning a doctorate from Harvard in 1912, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, an organization Woodson founded in 1915.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
Her new beau had just received his doctorate, emerged from a divorce and purchased a house for himself and his young son.
—New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Doctorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctorate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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doctorate
noun
doc·tor·ate
ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət 
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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