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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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Last December, Balázs Orbán successfully defended his PhD dissertation at Eötvös Loránd University.
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Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
What could be the subject of a book itself ended up as a side-plot in my novel, set in San Luis Obispo (downwind of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant), and ready to derail Josie’s ant dissertation and academic career.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Katie Wiseman New evidence alleges Indiana University President Pamela Whitten plagiarized her dissertation, The Herald-Times reported last week.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
In a master's thesis on information theory and quantum mechanics, and a doctoral dissertation on error-correcting codes, Forney displayed a bloodhound's nose for finding the right problems and the right questions to ask about those problems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
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Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
What could be the subject of a book itself ended up as a side-plot in my novel, set in San Luis Obispo (downwind of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant), and ready to derail Josie’s ant dissertation and academic career.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Katie Wiseman New evidence alleges Indiana University President Pamela Whitten plagiarized her dissertation, The Herald-Times reported last week.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
In a master's thesis on information theory and quantum mechanics, and a doctoral dissertation on error-correcting codes, Forney displayed a bloodhound's nose for finding the right problems and the right questions to ask about those problems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertation
Noun
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The House as Cultural Space Step from the porch into the sitting room and the thesis continues.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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If selling to private equity, the real estate is often critical to their investment thesis.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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It is baked into how we are taught to write essays, report the news, attend meetings and even dinner parties.—
Sarah Stein Lubrano,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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In a first-person essay published in Sports Illustrated in 2013, Collins wrote about his sexuality and became the first openly gay player in any of the four major North American men's professional sports leagues.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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