Ph.D.

Example Sentences

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“And it’s been really fun because you need a Ph.D. in literature to tell it what to do.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

For someone with a Ph.D. in Labor Economics, the waywardness of jobs statistics is something he’s familiar with.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology, psychiatry and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Goldin earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago economics department in 1972, when few women were in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

No research student could live in, and so the only predictable consequences of being a Jesus man were bills for a Ph.D. that I would never acquire.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson