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dissertations

noun

plural of dissertation
as in essays
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 dissertations Using crowdsourcing techniques, VroniPlag Wiki in Germany and Dissernet in Russia have exposed numerous instances of plagiarism by public servants in their dissertations and academic publications. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 The plush red seats of the Concertgebouw's main auditorium are occupied by students cramming for upcoming exams and finishing dissertations as classical music fills the hall. — ABC News, 26 Mar. 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 People would devote entire dissertations to developing techniques for distinguishing handwritten digits or for recognizing faces in images; then a deep-learning algorithm would digest the underlying data, discover the subtleties of the problem, and make those projects seem obsolete. — James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertations
  1. essays
  2. commentaries
  3. treatises
  4. articles
  5. theses
Noun
  • This prompts Kyle, who has four dorters like Teresa, to share that Portia wrote her college essays about having no memories of life before the cameras, leaving her with guilt as a mother.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Founded in 1902, the magazine was primarily devoted to art historical essays and reports on old master acquisitions, while dutifully neglecting new developments in its hometown of New York City.
    — Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of essays
Noun
  • Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Jim Cramer talked about the situation in two commentaries, here and here , that went out to CNBC Investing Club members yesterday, and a third one sent out this morning .
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of commentaries
Noun
  • It is widely regarded as one of the most influential treatises on warfare ever written.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of treatises
Noun
  • The New York Times has a paywall for its articles, but ChatGPT can evade paying for a subscription.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026
  • During the month before her departure, Wong contracted with the New York Herald Tribune to write a series of articles about her journey through China.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of articles
Noun
  • There’s always been this idea of not viewing hip-hop through that same business lens, and that’s really one of the theses of this book.
    — Alex Gonzalez, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The funding will help close final-year tuition gaps and support the creation of senior theses and graduate collections.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of theses

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“Dissertations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertations. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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