How to Use doctorate in a Sentence

doctorate

noun

• Second, as opposed to the M.F.A., the doctorate paid a small stipend.
  — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
• In Latvia, he’s been stripped of an honorary doctorate and a top state award.
  — Aaron Eglitis, Bloomberg.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• The honorary doctorate was awarded to the rapper in 2015.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
• It’s like getting an MBA and then a doctorate in football.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 26 Aug. 2022
• In the statement, Rollins said Allen had a doctorate, was married, and employed.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
• The doctorate proved invaluable training, though not for a life in academia.
  — Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• But the notion that every scientist with a doctorate and dream needs to be a CEO?
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 19 Oct. 2023
• Donna is a scholar of classics, with a doctorate in the subject, and an author.
  — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
• Grubbs remained in school, pursuing his doctorate in a start-and-stop process that lasted a decade.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 20 May 2024
• Larson joined the Berkeley force in 1920, becoming the first rookie in the country with a doctorate.
  — Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• Patrick Hanrahan, cofounder of software firm Tableau, has a doctorate in the field. 4.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
• To earn that salary, a teacher must have a doctorate degree and 25 years of experience in the district.
  — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2022
• Oppenheimer was awarded a doctorate in physics in May of 1927.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 20 July 2023
• Fry, who had moved to nearby Price as a teenager, earned his doctorate at the University of Utah.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2022
• His new wife, Amy, was working on her doctorate at the University of Texas.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
• In 1984, the couple went to the University of Pittsburgh, where Li earned a doctorate and Wang a master’s degree.
  — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
• An analysis of the remains became the basis for his doctorate work at UCLA.
  — Megan Gannon, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
• And the problem has only become more apparent in the decades since Troost and Greenfield got their doctorates.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
• In 1987, both Stephen and Tabitha were awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Maine.
  — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• The last time the Brood X cicadas emerged, Ramsey wasn’t an entomologist with a doctorate who could speak for them.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2021
• The advice from the entertainment legends who have shown up, though, is of a doctorate level.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• Other family members recounted how Mary Sisk was about to seek a doctorate at the time of her death.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 7 Sep. 2023
• Murray, who has a doctorate in forensic soil science, has tried to instill those same lessons in her own children.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• So goes the standard rationale—and training—for a doctorate.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
• In the end, Chen, who successfully earned his doctorate in the spring and has since gone to work in finance, crafted a handful of nearly flawless nanowires.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
• While receiving an honorary doctorate from the school in 2017, The Dark Knight director spoke about meeting his wife.
  — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• Revered by his peers, Salinas was the first professor there to earn a doctorate from the University of London.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2022
• Noé López has a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and works in finance and digital banking.
  — Noé López, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Rohe holds a doctorate in discrete mathematics from the University of Bonn in Germany.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Jan. 2025
• The late student also aspired to complete a doctorate in computer science and was studying political science and economics.
  — Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025