honorary degree
noun
: a degree given by a college or university to someone who is not a student but who has done something important
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Manchester City covered Monday night’s event where Guardiola was awarded with an honorary degree, dressed in a cap and gown, but there was no mention of Gaza in the story published on the club’s online media channels.
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 June 2025
The university’s granting of an honorary degree to the Dalai Lama the year before.
—Sarah McLaughlin, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
Raised in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Muspratt will be recognized with another distinction this week for his passion and enthusiasm for music and music education by the University of Lethbridge when he is presented with an honorary degree at Spring 2025 Convocation at 9 a.m. Friday, May 30.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
And one commencement speaker—musician Evelyn Harris at Smith College—relinquished her honorary degree after admitting that parts of her speech were plagiarized.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 June 2025
The university’s granting of an honorary degree to the Dalai Lama the year before.
—Sarah McLaughlin, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
Raised in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Muspratt will be recognized with another distinction this week for his passion and enthusiasm for music and music education by the University of Lethbridge when he is presented with an honorary degree at Spring 2025 Convocation at 9 a.m. Friday, May 30.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
And one commencement speaker—musician Evelyn Harris at Smith College—relinquished her honorary degree after admitting that parts of her speech were plagiarized.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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