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dissertation

[dis-er-tay-shuhn] / ˌdɪs ərˈteɪ ʃən /


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Harrington described being “really anxious” coming into Friday morning, when she was able to hand in her dissertation with help from OhioLINK, a statewide consortium of libraries.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

My father and the others could give a dissertation on different types of screws: steel, stainless steel, iron, aluminum, thread angles and thickness, and on and on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

In the years since, Duke and his colleagues have expanded on the initial scope of his dissertation to compile more evidence from a larger collection of samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

She suggested that Schroeder examine some of the undescribed specimens as part of her dissertation, according to the news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

This is a huge question, probably the subject of many a dissertation in the field of industrial psychology, and here I can only comment on the things I observed.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Kris Harrington, a lecturer at Kent State University in Ohio, told MarketWatch that the outage prevented her and others from submitting their dissertations on Thursday, ahead of a Friday deadline.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Using crowdsourcing techniques, VroniPlag Wiki in Germany and Dissernet in Russia have exposed numerous instances of plagiarism by public servants in their dissertations and academic publications.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Since its introduction, fifteen dissertations and final theses at Freie Universität have focused on the topic, along with seven additional dissertations completed by researchers in other countries.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026

But then there’s the next layer — Cami as a curator, not just of aesthetics but of ideas, thought pieces and dissertations on everything you can think of.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Baba would enlighten me with his poli­tics during those walks with long-winded dissertations.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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