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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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Her dissertation examined how the rise of fascism in France, Germany and Italy showed up in literature and music.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 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
The dissertation also marks a personal milestone.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
In Cambridge, Navarro needed to produce a dissertation about the economics of corporate charitable giving.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 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
The dissertation also marks a personal milestone.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
In Cambridge, Navarro needed to produce a dissertation about the economics of corporate charitable giving.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertation
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In fact, as the year progressed, my thesis had come to seem like a classic office job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Catch up on any investment thesis for stocks that may trade near or below the average cost basis or most recent buy.—
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CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Amodei, known for writing lengthy essays about AI’s nature and direction, has portrayed Anthropic as being the AI company focused on safety.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Her essays and fiction have been published in Pleiades, The Drum, The Brevity Blog, The Briar Cliff Review, and The Coal Hill Review, among others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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