honorary
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Comedian, actor and presenter Ed Byrne, who has been on television for three decades, will also receive an honorary doctorate.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
She also received an honorary doctorate degree of letters from Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tenn., in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Mr. Kidd describes this as “a spectacular breach of conventional academic protocol,” especially as the dons conferred unopposed—on the same day—an honorary degree on Alessandro Pertini, the 88-year-old Italian president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The dons got a measure of meretricious revenge on Thatcher in 1985 when Oxford voted to deny her an honorary degree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The following morning they received honorary doctor of science degrees for their pioneering spirit.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Vocabulary lists containing honorary
Born a Crime
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Academy Awards, List 2
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The Darkest Minds
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