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PhD



NOUN
doctor's degree
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Dr Frank Slokan led the development of restraint reduction within the SPS and has written a PHD on the subject.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

In the aftermath he paused his studies, but is now back at university doing a physics PHD and campaigns with Grenfell United.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

PHD Group’s full name, Property Holdings Development Group, strings together the jargon the city’s many real estate companies share in common, as a cheeky rebuke of the city’s fixation on profit and land development.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

It was first tested on corals by PHD student Nikolas Zuchowicz.

From Reuters • Dec. 19, 2022

She had gained the knowledge by which to do nothing with complete confidence and so taking it into a PHD level seemed redundant.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)




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