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doctorate

[dok-ter-it] / ˈdɒk tər ɪt /
NOUN
doctor's degree
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He later earned a Columbia University medical degree and a doctorate in public health at Oxford University.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Kohberger was a criminology doctorate student at a different institution, Washington State University.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Gong has since earned his doctorate from U-M and now works in Chicago as a machine learning scientist.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Helton, who has a doctorate in education, said she is highly skilled and trustworthy.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

He had gone to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to get his doctorate, had joined the Haganah and been killed trying to get a convoy through to Jerusalem.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

The International Mathematical Union awarded its Fields Medal on Thursday at a ceremony in Philadelphia to four people, including Yu Deng and Hong Wang, who both attended Peking University before earning doctorates in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa and Belle and Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch are to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Glasgow later this year.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

Although Brian went away to USC for college — he eventually earned doctorates in education and law — he returned to Altadena in 1991 and bought a home of his own.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2025

At one point, he testified in court, he was enrolled in 19 universities at once, pursuing five doctorates simultaneously.

From New York Times May 21, 2024

As this was much shorter than the figure proposed by such eminent theoreticians as Niels Bohr, the results represented a gutsy challenge from two young scientists with the ink barely dry on their doctorates.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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