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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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Alex Knapp, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Word choice and phrasing are essential in a dissertation.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Her dissertation was on value theory, an ethical discourse on the theoretical questions of goodness and value that can be traced back to the Greeks.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The service provides a variety of writing styles, including assignment writing, dissertation help, and proofreading.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Dissertation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissertation. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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