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 Students were similarly prohibited from writing dissertations on such subjects. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertations
  1. essays
  2. commentaries
  3. treatises
  4. articles
  5. theses
Noun
  • The essays in her previous book, ‘People Love Dead Jews,’ still resonate with me.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Through a series of essays, the shlicha (Israeli emissary) chronicles the challenges and rewards of raising eight children in the modern world while living a life deeply anchored in ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of essays
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  • My irritation was not with the charge itself but with how some of the commentaries about it invoked as evidence Vance’s wish to be buried in the country graveyard where generations of his ancestors already rest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of commentaries
Noun
  • One of the most famous of these witch-skeptical treatises, from the sixteenth century, was Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), which forcefully denies the existence of witches.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Drawing on a variety of sources—from philosophical treatises to poems and popular jokes—this compact study shows how writers of the Roman era rendered animals, domestic and wild, as imperial subjects.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of treatises
Noun
  • The publicity campaign also extends into a wider international ecosystem of pro-communist organizations, including one that has moved beyond publishing articles to raising financial support for the strikers.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Much like how a calculator can instantly solve mathematical equations too long for the human brain to compute, generative AI can help someone quickly summarize long articles and draft emails.
    — Roger Beaty, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of articles
Noun
  • Although Luther had not intended his work for the broader public, his theses were soon translated into German, printed, and distributed.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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