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as in argument
an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate
put forth the thesis that the electronic media's coverage of politics trivializes the workings of our democracy
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as in hypothesis
an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation
it is not clear how the arguments you make actually support your thesis
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Recent Examples of thesis
Joseph, her eldest son, is completing a thesis on pneumothorax and preparing to become a doctor.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Her thesis is the personal finance advice most women are getting is built for an economy that no longer exists.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 May 2026
That disconnect between what a person envisions and what their phone actually records, eventually became the founding thesis behind WayShot.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 12 May 2026
On what inclusivity translates to in a market this aesthetically broad, Starrr returned to the brand’s founding thesis.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Her thesis is the personal finance advice most women are getting is built for an economy that no longer exists.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 May 2026
That disconnect between what a person envisions and what their phone actually records, eventually became the founding thesis behind WayShot.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 12 May 2026
On what inclusivity translates to in a market this aesthetically broad, Starrr returned to the brand’s founding thesis.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for thesis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesis
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The argument for keeping an underperforming manager tends to centre on whether there were enough mitigating circumstances behind a bad season, and whether the club can use their summer to make the correct changes in player recruitment and wider infrastructure to fix things.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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This abrupt stylistic shift is in service of an overtly political argument.—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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The people who bombed the interviews were the ones who developed a hypothesis and held it to the last breath because developing strategy is inherently fuzzy at first.—
Lynn Comp,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Among the most important undecidable statements is the continuum hypothesis (CH), proved to be undecidable in the Gödelian sense by Paul Cohen in 1963.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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Republican lawmakers pointed quickly to the report as backing their contention that Newsom and lawmakers have been balancing the budget using accounting gimmicks.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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The movie could land a Cannes prize, which could push it into awards contention in the fall.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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This is as important, and as boring, in theory, as picking a fund for your 401(k), yet, improbably, the draft has become one of the largest events on the sporting calendar.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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To overcome this problem, the study authors used a mathematical framework called the theory of functional connections (TFC).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R-Santee) dismissed the assertion that Trump is to blame for much of California’s budgetary woes.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Still, his assertion is more than credible.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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“Thesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesis. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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