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dissertation

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


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The Mellon-funded Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, supported by $8.9 million since 2022, gives a living stipend to 45 graduate students annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Dissertation embargoes like the one that prevented access to Mastriano’s work for nearly a decade are among the topics being examined by the outside team Mazerolle is having look into graduate research policies and practices.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Reigniting old hostilities with Bentley, accusing him once more of being a connoisseur of indexes, implying that his Dissertation was larded with irrelevant quotation—this is an index with William King’s fingerprints all over it.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

For all its obnoxiousness, Boyle Against Bentley is an extremely entertaining read, something that could never be said for Bentley’s Dissertation itself.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

It was entitled, "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain."

From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin




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