How to Use dissertation in a Sentence

dissertation

noun

• He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.
• The best place for insight, some thought, would be her dissertation.
  — Bethany Barnes, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The book is structured like a dissertation, though a hair shorter than most.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2020
• Lucy’s dissertation seemed to me to be a joke for the reader—not to be too literal.
  — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 1 May 2018
• Resist the urge to download a dissertation on what someone is like, or to seek one.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• Most of the research and writing done thus far has been for theses and dissertations.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 10 Mar. 2020
• Nova said the dissertation was based on a study of one of his agency’s functions.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2024
• What was the topic of your dissertation and what was your early research about?
  — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• In just this one dare, there’s a whole dissertation on anti-fat bias and diet culture.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 29 June 2021
• Choi came up with the idea for the book while researching the Bauhaus for her dissertation.
  — Anne Quito, Quartzy, 4 Oct. 2019
• Her dissertation pulled together all of the strands of her life and studies.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• The spectacle surely will, one day, be the subject of a dissertation, or maybe a few of them.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2017
• Marijuana hopes to write a book that expands on the theme of her dissertation.
  — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2019
• The dissertation, which became his first book, both shaped and reflected his view of the modern world.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The president of my company, his cousin just did her dissertation on hip-hop.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2021
• Mary had taken the day off to finish her dissertation, and spent the evening with her partner, their cat, and their aging dog.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
• That’s really where the book started, as a dissertation that evolved over the past 10 years.
  — Rodney Brooks, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
• Finish your dissertation and then pivot to your husband.
  — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
• Part of my dissertation includes work towards this effort.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2021
• At this point, my friends had already started on their first chapters of their dissertations and mine was just not going anywhere.
  — Anna Dubenko, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
• Yu earned her doctorate in 2017 with an award for best dissertation.
  — Steve Nadis, Wired News, 1 June 2025
• Another, a PhD student, talked about how a man stole the idea for her dissertation.
  — Victoria Stunt, Quartz, 9 July 2020
• There’s a dissertation to be had about what the impact of short fields early in a game can have on overall offensive success.
  — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2021
• Ford got thousands of likes after sharing the dissertation clip on her Twitter.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2018
• Caldwell doesn’t need to offer a dissertation on personnel in the heat of the postgame interview.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2017
• The full list of dissertations and theses is free to access – a resource for casual fans and researchers alike who want to learn more about the game.
  — Tom Reinsfelder, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
• Wang’s dissertation research was slated to take him first to Iran and, later, to Russia.
  — Laura Dean, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• The letter alleged that Pouncey plagiarized his dissertation and used state employees on state time to help write it about eight years ago.
  — Mike Cason, AL.com, 20 June 2017
• In my dissertation research, the women who did best in terms of even obeying the law of chastity were the most at peace with their sexuality.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 June 2022
• Sebald even wrote to Adorno to seek his opinion on his master’s dissertation, which would become his book on Sternheim.
  — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2021