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

She wrote her dissertation about serial killers decades ago, and as an author gravitates to storytelling about marginalized women.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Meanwhile Caroline Cronjaeger, a 25-year-old student, is writing her dissertation on Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - a book she found on YouTube.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

When his inspiring dissertation was finished, he gave the men the colors of the day still one more time, stressed the angle of approach and reviewed the weather conditions again.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller