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dissertation

[dis-er-tay-shuhn] / ˌdɪs ərˈteɪ ʃən /


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She suggested that Schroeder examine some of the undescribed specimens as part of her dissertation, according to the news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

On July 21, 2026, Nathan Cofnas, an American philosopher working at Ghent University in Belgium, wrote a Substack post detailing how he submitted Arday’s 2015 dissertation to Copyleaks, a plagiarism detection platform.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

They included that multiple sections of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other works.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Known as an innovative and enthusiastic coach, Barry also specialises in set-pieces and he wrote a dissertation as part of his Pro Licence for which he analysed 17,000 throw-ins.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

This is a huge question, probably the subject of many a dissertation in the field of industrial psychology, and here I can only comment on the things I observed.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

She’s delivered masterful musical dissertations that challenge rigid ideas of “genre” and reemphasized the Black origins of traditions like country, rock and Americana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Using crowdsourcing techniques, VroniPlag Wiki in Germany and Dissernet in Russia have exposed numerous instances of plagiarism by public servants in their dissertations and academic publications.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Since its introduction, fifteen dissertations and final theses at Freie Universität have focused on the topic, along with seven additional dissertations completed by researchers in other countries.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026

After studying neuroscience and writing two dissertations, she was off to Stanford for a law degree and math Ph.D.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Baba would enlighten me with his poli­tics during those walks with long-winded dissertations.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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