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
Candidates conduct original research, publish findings, and defend their dissertations in front of experts in their fields.
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Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertations
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In the critical texts and curatorial essays reprinted here, Enwezor repeatedly engaged with artists who were on their own conscious or unconscious quests for identities that could not be reduced to their appearances or to the way their lives had been historicized.—
Simon Njami,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her early essays, written through a Marxian lens, proclaimed revolutionary socialism as justice’s true path.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the commentaries sound designer Ben Burtt also did the original Star Wars trilogy molding in the Disney vault.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 Sep. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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William Prud’homme, 34, posted his discovery on the r/TheWayWeWere subreddit, a channel dedicated to old photos, scanned documents, articles and anecdotes from the past.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the end of the semester, there’s a special evening event where all the seniors read from their theses, and this is my absolute favorite moment of the semester.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Sep. 2025
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Liu emphasizes that the work provides students with opportunities to explore bold ideas, gain hands-on experience, and produce complete theses that prepare them for future scientific careers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Dissertations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertations. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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