PhD
abbreviation or noun
variants
or Ph.D.
plural PhDs or Ph.D.s
: the academic degree, title, or rank of doctor of philosophy
He was awarded a PhD in economics.
Jane Smith, Ph.D.
also
: a person who has earned the academic degree of doctor of philosophy
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences graduated its first PhDs (14 of them) in June 2004 … —
Horace Freeland Judson
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Lei has a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and founded @Fette.world, a sustainable press on nail brand.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The diagnostic core of autism comes down to differences in social interaction and communication, James McPartland, PhD, director of the Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic and the Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health, tells SELF.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 19 Feb. 2025
There, Xu focused his PhD studies on robot autonomous navigation and machine learning — similar to Liang’s focus of postdoctoral research — and was a key member of the visual navigation research project for China’s lunar exploration program.
—Anniek Bao,dylan Butts, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Carter-Williams, who has a PhD in public health, went through her own health crisis, surviving a heart attack and two strokes due to genetic heart disease.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 19 Feb. 2025
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Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The diagnostic core of autism comes down to differences in social interaction and communication, James McPartland, PhD, director of the Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic and the Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health, tells SELF.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 19 Feb. 2025
There, Xu focused his PhD studies on robot autonomous navigation and machine learning — similar to Liang’s focus of postdoctoral research — and was a key member of the visual navigation research project for China’s lunar exploration program.
—Anniek Bao,dylan Butts, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Carter-Williams, who has a PhD in public health, went through her own health crisis, surviving a heart attack and two strokes due to genetic heart disease.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 19 Feb. 2025
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“PhD.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PhD. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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