dissertation
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He married Catherine Sears in 1967, shortly before finishing his dissertation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The deaths of her grandparents in quick succession left her so distraught — they had raised her — that she never finished her dissertation.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
"I'm including historical east coast wolves in a separate chapter of my dissertation comparing skull morphology between coastal and inland populations," he says.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
High schoolers who submitted research projects appeared on video and were interviewed by an artificial intelligence-powered voice that peppered them with questions about their papers and experiments, akin to a dissertation defense.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026
My dissertation gave a different shape to history, one that was neither Mormon nor anti-Mormon, neither spiritual nor profane.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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