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a long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree at a university
He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.
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Recent Examples of dissertation
The organization holds annual conferences with sessions on how to write a dissertation, how to cope with the stress and challenges of a Ph.D. program and how to get work published in academic papers.
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Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
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
Someone has surely written a dissertation about the postcolonial symbolism of an animal with another animal’s tongue.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Her dissertation was focused on the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
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
Someone has surely written a dissertation about the postcolonial symbolism of an animal with another animal’s tongue.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Her dissertation was focused on the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertation
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That would bode well for Club holding Goldman Sachs’ crucial investment banking segment, which is core to our investment thesis in the stock.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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Hernandez injected her Mexican culture into her thesis looks.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 May 2025
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After Susy died suddenly in 1896, Twain wrote an essay, quoted at length by Chernow, about the sick trickery of the Almighty.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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Many experienced screen lags and error messages, struggled to finish and save essays and complained of multiple-choice questions that were worded improperly and included typos.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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“Dissertation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertation. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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