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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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While Houston’s mention was more of an epilogue than a dissertation on the state of the room, the preseason star is firmly part of the pass rush story through five weeks.
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Weeping delights in the exalted, the sublime, the magnificent — a symphony, a vista, megafauna, even a brilliant dissertation.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
That became the focus of my dissertation — the first study to examine resellers’ psychological and emotional impact on brand communities.
—Danielle Hass, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Harold even wrote a dissertation and then a novel on exceptional men punished by a mediocre society — beliefs deployed earnestly, yet interpreted by his (minimal) public as satire.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Weeping delights in the exalted, the sublime, the magnificent — a symphony, a vista, megafauna, even a brilliant dissertation.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
That became the focus of my dissertation — the first study to examine resellers’ psychological and emotional impact on brand communities.
—Danielle Hass, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Harold even wrote a dissertation and then a novel on exceptional men punished by a mediocre society — beliefs deployed earnestly, yet interpreted by his (minimal) public as satire.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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My senior thesis in college was a sculpture show.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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As artificial intelligence disrupts software and traditional tech cycles, many VCs are being forced to rethink their investment theses.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Schwartz is the author of thirty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, including her novels Leaving Brooklyn, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Rough Strife, a finalist for the National Book Award.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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This essay contains spoilers for the film A House of Dynamite.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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