How to Use honorary degree in a Sentence

honorary degree

noun

• And who has an honorary degree from the Parsons School of Design?
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
• Fifty of the 88 faculty members present voted to award Biden an honorary degree.
  — Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 16 May 2024
• Hanks will also be awarded an honorary degree, the school said.
  — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
• But before the speech comes a faculty vote scheduled for Thursday to sign-off on Biden’s honorary degree.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 May 2024
• This marks her eighth honorary degree, according to WFAA.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2024
• What about when a deceased person is awarded an honorary degree?
  — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
• He was headed to the Valparaíso Business School, where he was scheduled to receive an honorary degree.
  — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
• The statement said the board voted unanimously Friday to accept the return of the honorary degree Combs received in 2014.
  — CBS News, 9 June 2024
• He was awarded an honorary degree from the institution in 2009.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Judy delivered the commencement speech before receiving her own honorary degree from the school.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
• In May, Hanks added yet another accolade to his ever-growing pile — an honorary degree from Harvard.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• Last May, Wade gave the commencement address to graduating students and also received a honorary degree.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• When Barack Obama visited campus in 2013 and picked up his honorary degree, the vote was completely unremarkable.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 May 2024
• Advertisement What about when a deceased person is awarded an honorary degree?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
• Every year, faculty must vote to confer the commencement speaker's honorary degree.
  — Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 16 May 2024
• Jones is being awarded the honorary degree along with Chicago jazz artist Bobbi Wilsyn, a former Columbia faculty member.
  — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
• In 2017, the university awarded Zuckerberg an honorary degree.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• In addition to revoking his honorary degree, Howard is ending a gift agreement with Combs from 2016, and dissolving his namesake scholarship program.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
• Howard University also rescinded an honorary degree that was awarded to Combs and ended a scholarship program in his name following the release of the disturbing video involving Cassie.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 June 2024
• Barrett’s posthumous honorary degree was accepted by her husband, Chris Norris.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2023
• Sixty-seven years after her original would-be graduation date, Shirley Smith graduated from high school earlier this month with an honorary degree, Fox News reported.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
• Either through contacting adult education to pursue an actual degree or contacting the Board liaison to apply for an honorary degree.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
• Jake's comments come after Howard University rescinded Combs' honorary degree earlier this month.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
• During the school's May 11 graduation ceremony, the musician's daughter Krystal Keith, 38, accepted an honorary degree on behalf of her father.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
• My mother, a lively intellect with eclectic reading interests, never had a chance to finish her education, although years later Seattle University presented her, posthumously, with an honorary degree.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2024