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 The full list of dissertations and theses is free to access – a resource for casual fans and researchers alike who want to learn more about the game. — Tom Reinsfelder, The Conversation, 9 June 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
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  1. essays
  2. commentaries
  3. treatises
  4. articles
  5. theses
Noun
  • In addition to the biographies, Marsh collected his reviews and essays in a number of volumes, including Fortunate Son and Kick Out the Jams.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than translating existing work from The Rumpus, El Alboroto will commission and publish original Spanish-language writing spanning cultural criticism, personal essays, interviews, fiction, poetry and comics.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of essays
Noun
  • Additionally, several legal and policy commentaries stress that the absence of direct consumer refunds reflects statutory and administrative constraints rather than a deliberate effort to deny households relief.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The statement is the latest in a series of North Korean commentaries criticizing security cooperation among the United States, South Korea and Japan.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of commentaries
Noun
  • 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
  • One way to reduce the risk of this happening is to connect the AI model to a body of legal material, such as case law and treatises.
    — Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Definition of treatises
Noun
  • Media articles allege a company in disarray Investors were kept in the dark, the suit alleges, for more than three years.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Educational articles should show a real author or reviewer, relevant experience, sources and a visible review date.
    — David Ispiryan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of articles
Noun
  • There have been 35 new outbreaks this year, with 93% of the cases stemming from theses outbreaks.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • That move sounded the alarm for market participants like Morris, whose investing theses rely in part on predicting what the Fed will do with interest rates.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 July 2026
Definition of theses

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