How to Use doctorate in a Sentence

doctorate

noun
  • There have been times when there’s a guy who has a high school degree and a guy who has a doctorate.
    — Steve Metsch, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021
  • In Latvia, he’s been stripped of an honorary doctorate and a top state award.
    — Aaron Eglitis, Bloomberg.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • That doctorate, however, may be on hold for a while.
    — Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
  • She was awarded her doctorate two years later.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • She was awarded her doctorate two years later.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The doctorate proved invaluable training, though not for a life in academia.
    — Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Grubbs remained in school, pursuing his doctorate in a start-and-stop process that lasted a decade.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 20 May 2024
  • Her new beau had just received his doctorate, emerged from a divorce and purchased a house for himself and his young son.
    — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But the school awarded him with an honorary doctorate in August.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Donna is a scholar of classics, with a doctorate in the subject, and an author.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Murray, who has a doctorate in forensic soil science, has tried to instill those same lessons in her own children.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Students will graduate with a doctorate of medicine which preps them to become physicians.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
  • So for these kids to rise, to graduate from school, to go on to college, maybe even get a doctorate, that’s powerful.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Velasco's wife, a teacher who earned her doctorate alongside him, pushed him to change his approach.
    — Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Oh, and also Phylicia gave me my honorary doctorate at Howard.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • In the statement, Rollins said Allen had a doctorate, was married, and employed.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
  • He was also awarded an honorary doctorate.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • The advice from the entertainment legends who have shown up, though, is of a doctorate level.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Another woman said the cruise inspired her to pursue her doctorate in health sciences.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • But the notion that every scientist with a doctorate and dream needs to be a CEO?
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 19 Oct. 2023
  • To earn that salary, a teacher must have a doctorate degree and 25 years of experience in the district.
    — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Smith, who now holds a doctorate, has become one of the more recognizable names in the Black entrepreneurship space.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Then Saldaña, a chemist who holds his doctorate in the biochemistry of agave, ages his spirit for two years in bourbon barrels.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Zuckerberg received an honorary doctorate from the school in 2017.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Prager and Keenan had met a few years earlier, when Prager had just left a doctorate program at Harvard.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
  • His new wife, Amy, was working on her doctorate at the University of Texas.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Other family members recounted how Mary Sisk was about to seek a doctorate at the time of her death.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Oppenheimer was awarded a doctorate in physics in May of 1927.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 20 July 2023
  • In 2019, the college awarded her an honorary doctorate.
    — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In 2001, Auburn awarded Franklin an honorary doctorate of arts.
    — al, 4 Jan. 2021

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