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a long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree at a university
He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.
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His dissertation was about social mobility in 19th-century Newburyport, Mass.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025
Even paramount leader Xi Jinping’s 2001 dissertation was taken off relevant databases.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
As a tribute to him, her doctoral dissertation focuses on burnout among child welfare workers in Illinois.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The show from Jack Rooke and starring Derry Girls’ Dylan Llewellyn will see the gang enter their final year at Brent Uni, with all the ups and downs of dissertations, deadlines, dating and the devastating departure of Louis Walsh from The X-Factor.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025
Even paramount leader Xi Jinping’s 2001 dissertation was taken off relevant databases.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
As a tribute to him, her doctoral dissertation focuses on burnout among child welfare workers in Illinois.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The show from Jack Rooke and starring Derry Girls’ Dylan Llewellyn will see the gang enter their final year at Brent Uni, with all the ups and downs of dissertations, deadlines, dating and the devastating departure of Louis Walsh from The X-Factor.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Dissertation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertation. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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