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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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That became the focus of my dissertation — the first study to examine resellers’ psychological and emotional impact on brand communities.
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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
Mañón, who went to culinary school and worked as a chef before becoming a mental-health counselor, is now writing his doctoral dissertation on cooking therapy.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Baker returned to school in the depths of the Great Depression to earn a library science degree and began to hunt for a job in 1934, an effort hampered, Regina Sierra Carter writes in her dissertation on Baker, by her race, gender, marital status, and the economy.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
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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
Mañón, who went to culinary school and worked as a chef before becoming a mental-health counselor, is now writing his doctoral dissertation on cooking therapy.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Baker returned to school in the depths of the Great Depression to earn a library science degree and began to hunt for a job in 1934, an effort hampered, Regina Sierra Carter writes in her dissertation on Baker, by her race, gender, marital status, and the economy.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertation
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For her senior thesis, Natalie Zenk researched a Native American statue that had been in Cornell College's art collection for more than a century.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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When there's no thesis or insight, this series feels dangerously close to pure exploitation of a tragedy real people have endured.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Many students are simply using AI to generate essays, ace quizzes, or automate full courses, undermining the very skills those platforms claim to enhance.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a new essay co-written with Harvard University professor Robert Waldinger — titled The Power of Human Connection in a Distracted World — Kate, 43, reflected on how technology is eroding our ability to truly connect.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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