as in essays
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
Candidates conduct original research, publish findings, and defend their dissertations in front of experts in their fields.
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Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissertations
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This horror at effeminacy echoes across Baldwin’s novels and essays.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Kogonada’s highly distinctive film career took off in 2012, with a series of critically incisive video essays on such subjects as Alfred Hitchcock, Wes Anderson, neorealism, and Yasujirō Ozu, which rapidly established him as a key figure in cinephile circles.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the commentaries sound designer Ben Burtt also did the original Star Wars trilogy molding in the Disney vault.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 Sep. 2025
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My articles have been quoted in numerous newspapers and on CNN, ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's Today Show, Oprah and other TV and radio shows.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But less than 3% of all English articles on Wikipedia are about Africa.—
Moky Makura,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Liu emphasizes that the work provides students with opportunities to explore bold ideas, gain hands-on experience, and produce complete theses that prepare them for future scientific careers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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These trends can create long-duration investment theses with asymmetric upside, especially as nations prioritize mineral independence and secure supply chains.—
Sahit Muja,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Dissertations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertations. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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