How to Use PhD in a Sentence

PhD

abbreviation or noun

• With the rarest of exceptions, it’s been led by a seasoned economist with a PhD in the field.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 13 June 2023
• In the world of restaurants, however, that’s like earning a PhD or receiving an Oscar.
  — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• Unimpressed with what the market had to offer, Wong—then a PhD student at Cambridge—decided to design his own.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
• The real Lillian Gilbreth was a working woman with a PhD in psychology.
  — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023
• Part of Rick’s PhD research was in motor skill acquisition.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
• Haley's father graduated from his PhD program in 1969, but didn't have many work prospects.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
• My PhD is paid for through my work as a teaching assistant or graduate student researcher.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• But in biotech, postdocs and PhD graduates can easily crack six figures.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
• Next to me, members of the tribe's white corn co-op chatted with a PhD student who's been working with them to test different cover crops on the field, which are designed to protect the soil underneath.
  — Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• Lisa Strauss, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in the Boston area.
  — Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
• But his older brother, Steve, had his doubts -- how could his brother, a brilliant PhD student with a bright future in mathematics, take his own life?
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• This year’s cohort of 32 Fellows are all recent PhD’s who’ve been identified as some of the most outstanding early-career scientists in the world.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Cronin, who will turn 53 this summer, likes to say he’s got a PhD in dealing with young players after spending his whole life in locker rooms beginning with his dad’s teams as an infant.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• McCord, who once worked in visual merchandising, went on to get her PhD in Psychology.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• Twenty-seven-year-old Spurway, also a PhD geneticist, was as lanky as Haldane was robust.
  — Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
• Students in master’s and PhD programs are not eligible.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• This experience set him off on a PhD, and on a journey to figure out how to work collaboratively with people at all stages of dementia.
  — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• Herbert Herzog, PhD, the lead researcher, says his team found that chronic stress shuts down the brain’s lateral habenula, which is a neural region that prevents overeating in both mice and humans.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2023
• Fast forward to 2019, Kuhn successfully defended her PhD and started working for her startup full time.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• Researchers first looked into whether babies move differently in the sleepers, and discovered that they were sometimes found on their tummies, which means a roll had occurred, says Erin Mannen, PhD, the lead researcher on the study.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 31 Jan. 2024
• Southern-mom level hospitality and a PhD in frying stuff.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2023
• Beth King, PhD, is a neuropsychologist specializing in dysgraphia and also happens to be a mother to a daughter with the condition.
  — Suzie Glassman, Parents, 12 Nov. 2023
• Walden is a for-profit, online institution that offers masters and PhD programs in fields such as nursing and criminal justice.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
• Born in Chicago, Kaczynski grew up a child prodigy in mathematics and earned a PhD before beginning to mail pipe bombs as part of his disdain for technology.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 11 June 2023
• His wife, who had been completing a PhD program, got a job in her native California, necessitating a cross-country move.
  — Michael J. West, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• While sheer pieces are revealing by default, incorporating a flash of transparency into an outfit doesn't require a PhD in styling.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023
• Powell followed a bit more of an unusual path to Fed chair, with a deep financial market background rather than being an economics PhD as most other central banker leaders have been.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 22 July 2024
• The Tennessean had landed in Afghanistan close to a decade earlier to complete her PhD dissertation research in archaeology.
  — Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
• This drive to better understand people led her to study psychology as an undergrad and go on to earn a PhD in clinical psychology, all the while continuing to do hair.
  — Abbey Stone, Allure, 13 Dec. 2023
• This is especially true as more and more people pursue masters’ and PhD degrees in the hopes of gaining an edge in the crowded job market – thus ironically delaying their entry into the old job market.
  — Berry Wang, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024