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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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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.
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Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
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
Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertations
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Her essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New Republic, and more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Nguyen, who publishes heady critical essays on Substack, has some appealingly contrarian thoughts.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
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This excerpt includes the book’s preface and the lyrics and commentaries for six songs.—
John Darnielle,
Rolling Stone,
11 Dec. 2025
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Raimondo wrote daily commentaries attacking the war, and Garris linked to stories from around the world.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
7 Dec. 2025
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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
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Skyhorse has since published a dozen or so books by Kennedy, including a memoir and several more anti-vaccine treatises.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
17 June 2026
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Siebel Newsom, who has been married to Newsom since 2008 and maintains a higher profile than other state governors’ spouses, has been the subject of several recent articles in right-wing news outlets.—
Haley Parsley,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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As those expectations reset and the market got more comfortable that the theses were unchanged, both stocks and the broader AI group rebounded some from their earlier lows, pushing the S & P 500 firmly into the green.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Over the years, many students at the ILLS have written their theses about the strange phenomena surrounding Cubs losing streaks.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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“Dissertations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertations. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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