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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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In 1991, a committee of scholars concluded that King had plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree while a student at Boston University.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Blaire Bosley used her experience with chronic kidney disease to jump-start her dissertation research.
—Morayo Ogunbayo, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Then there’s the rapid advance of image models, and models that can write poetry, and fiction, and dissertations, and ads, and policy papers.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
The dissertation also marks a personal milestone.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
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John Blake, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Blaire Bosley used her experience with chronic kidney disease to jump-start her dissertation research.
—Morayo Ogunbayo, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Then there’s the rapid advance of image models, and models that can write poetry, and fiction, and dissertations, and ads, and policy papers.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
The dissertation also marks a personal milestone.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertation
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In fact, as the year progressed, my thesis had come to seem like a classic office job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Catch up on any investment thesis for stocks that may trade near or below the average cost basis or most recent buy.—
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CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Originally borne from a viral Modern Love essay in the New York Times, Strangers is beautifully written, too.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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The first step in del Valle’s creative process is writing short essays or stories, sometimes scripted like screenplays.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Dissertation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertation. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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