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dissertation

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


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You could write a dissertation exploring all of the possibilities of why Dylan posted each item, and some people probably did.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“We postponed our honeymoon trip to the summer because of dissertation work, and then had to repostpone it because the work kept not finishing,” he said in a biography page on the Nobel website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

She wrote her dissertation about serial killers decades ago, and as an author gravitates to storytelling about marginalized women.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Meanwhile Caroline Cronjaeger, a 25-year-old student, is writing her dissertation on Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - a book she found on YouTube.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

When I was writing my dissertation, on Tourneur’s The Revenger’s Tragedy, I received the following letter from Francis.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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