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PhD



NOUN
doctor's degree
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PhD fashion students at DMU put on a workshop teaching pupils how to sew and mend damaged clothes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Corporate PhD fellowships from leading technology companies are valuable, but they are filters, not pipelines.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

One of Scanlon’s clients turned to her for help because they were finishing their PhD while getting ready for a new job at NASA.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The group includes research fellows, postdoctoral scientists, and more than 10 PhD students studying dinosaurs and other vertebrates such as crocodiles and birds.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

An old cartoon captioned “The PhD thesis” shows a little boy firing an arrow into the air, seeing where it lands, walking over to it, and painting a target around that spot.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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