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The winner will also be considered to receive an honorary doctorate from Northern Arizona University.
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Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the German Academy of the Arts, and held eight honorary doctorate degrees.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 31 July 2025
Feddersen, who holds a doctorate in physical oceanography from Scripps, said that the model’s results compared favorably to the county’s daily pathogen monitoring, which has technicians collect samples and conduct DNA analysis in a certified lab.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Carter, who had a doctorate in theoretical physics, dispatched a team of officers to the Bay Area to set up an outpost—officially called the Defense Innovation Unit, but known at the Pentagon as Unit X.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the German Academy of the Arts, and held eight honorary doctorate degrees.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 31 July 2025
Feddersen, who holds a doctorate in physical oceanography from Scripps, said that the model’s results compared favorably to the county’s daily pathogen monitoring, which has technicians collect samples and conduct DNA analysis in a certified lab.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Carter, who had a doctorate in theoretical physics, dispatched a team of officers to the Bay Area to set up an outpost—officially called the Defense Innovation Unit, but known at the Pentagon as Unit X.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Doctorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctorate. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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doctorate
noun
doc·tor·ate
ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət 
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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