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dissertation

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


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Dychtwald got a Ph.D. in psychology and fashioned his dissertation on the mind-body connection as a book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

In the years since, Duke and his colleagues have expanded on the initial scope of his dissertation to compile more evidence from a larger collection of samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

But the originality of Arday’s dissertation and his other academic work was also coming under scrutiny, leading to multiple allegations of plagiarism.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

On my twenty-seventh birthday, the birthday I had chosen, I submitted my PhD dissertation.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Kris Harrington, a lecturer at Kent State University in Ohio, told MarketWatch that the outage prevented her and others from submitting their dissertations on Thursday, ahead of a Friday deadline.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

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

There were long dissertations written in long hand; some were political and others dealt with the history of art.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright


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