Thesaurus results for DISSERTATIONS

dissertations

noun

plural of dissertation

as in essays

a long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree at a university He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.

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Recent Examples of dissertations Students were similarly prohibited from writing dissertations on such subjects. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Using crowdsourcing techniques, VroniPlag Wiki in Germany and Dissernet in Russia have exposed numerous instances of plagiarism by public servants in their dissertations and academic publications. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 The plush red seats of the Concertgebouw's main auditorium are occupied by students cramming for upcoming exams and finishing dissertations as classical music fills the hall. — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026 Then there’s the rapid advance of image models, and models that can write poetry, and fiction, and dissertations, and ads, and policy papers. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026

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That gallery show is now further documented in the form of a new monograph, featuring essays from various writers, critics and curators exploring the work of artists including Kennedy Yanko, Maia Ruth Lee, Uman and more.

— Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
In a recent lawsuit, the student alleges the university allowed some of the accused to write essays as a way to mitigate discipline in the case.

— Mary Beth Canty, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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My irritation was not with the charge itself but with how some of the commentaries about it invoked as evidence Vance’s wish to be buried in the country graveyard where generations of his ancestors already rest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

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One of the most famous of these witch-skeptical treatises, from the sixteenth century, was Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), which forcefully denies the existence of witches.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Drawing on a variety of sources—from philosophical treatises to poems and popular jokes—this compact study shows how writers of the Roman era rendered animals, domestic and wild, as imperial subjects.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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Andries’ articles and reviews helped elevate Steppenwolf’s profile considerably in the years before the theater company relocated to Chicago in 1980 and eventually became world-renowned, Delacoma said.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The programming incorporates science through chat sessions with viewers three times a week, as well as a podcast and online articles detailing the dogs' development.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of articles

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Although Luther had not intended his work for the broader public, his theses were soon translated into German, printed, and distributed.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026
There’s always been this idea of not viewing hip-hop through that same business lens, and that’s really one of the theses of this book.

— Alex Gonzalez, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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