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dissertation

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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 dissertation The AfD’s Weidel lived in China for six years, speaks Mandarin, and wrote her doctoral dissertation about China’s pension system. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026 But in his 2021 doctoral dissertation, Martínez-Zoroa pioneered analytic techniques that don’t rely on computers at all. — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026 Zavataro is also a PhD candidate at the University of Reading in England, with a dissertation focused on museum audience engagement. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026 In 1980, before even finishing his dissertation, he was invited to teach in the Native-studies department at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta, jump-starting a long career in academia. — Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dissertation

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Our thesis on this one is all about the Discover acquisition and the vertical integration to look more like American Express .

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
It’s all tied together under the thesis that the internet is now a place where everybody acts insane all the time.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

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