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Anderson wrote a paper at MIT for his doctorate in mechanical engineering about semi-autonomous driving.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Case in point: of the fifteen men who attended the Wannsee Conference, in 1942, where Nazi leaders formulated the Final Solution, more than half had doctorates.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Wadhwa went on to receive a doctorate in Earth and planetary sciences from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Edwards later earned a doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University in 2005.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Case in point: of the fifteen men who attended the Wannsee Conference, in 1942, where Nazi leaders formulated the Final Solution, more than half had doctorates.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Wadhwa went on to receive a doctorate in Earth and planetary sciences from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Edwards later earned a doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University in 2005.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
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“Doctorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctorate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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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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