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New Latin philosophiae doctor
1839, in the meaning defined above
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“PhD.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PhD. Accessed 29 Oct. 2024.
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- associate's degree
- baccalaureate
- do a degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- doctorate in something
- Master of Arts
- Master of Science
- Master's degree
- postgraduate
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education
- second degree
- summa cum laude
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abbreviation for
- Doctor of Philosophy AlsoDPhil
Example Sentences
He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.
Even his nametag played up his dweeby nature, labeling him “Mr. Gruber, PhD.”
Throughout her life, she faced public ridicule, legal persecution and, eventually, redemption through a PhD in clinical sexology.
“It is impossible by elections to choose normal people,” argues Yoram Gat, an Israeli software engineer with a PhD in statistics.
The son of Taiwanese immigrants, he grew up in California and earned his PhD in neuroscience at Stanford.
Damn few of them got it from me, I'm happy to say, and those that did, knew more about the subject than most PhD's.
It was a great diversion from the late nights working on my PhD.
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