How to Use doctorate in a Sentence

doctorate

noun
  • The honorary doctorate was awarded to the rapper in 2015.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
  • It’s like getting an MBA and then a doctorate in football.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The doctorate proved invaluable training, though not for a life in academia.
    Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But the notion that every scientist with a doctorate and dream needs to be a CEO?
    Damian Garde, STAT, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Donna is a scholar of classics, with a doctorate in the subject, and an author.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Patrick Hanrahan, cofounder of software firm Tableau, has a doctorate in the field. 4.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
  • Oppenheimer was awarded a doctorate in physics in May of 1927.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 20 July 2023
  • Fry, who had moved to nearby Price as a teenager, earned his doctorate at the University of Utah.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2022
  • In 1984, the couple went to the University of Pittsburgh, where Li earned a doctorate and Wang a master’s degree.
    Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In 1987, both Stephen and Tabitha were awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Maine.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The advice from the entertainment legends who have shown up, though, is of a doctorate level.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Other family members recounted how Mary Sisk was about to seek a doctorate at the time of her death.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 7 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
  • So goes the standard rationale—and training—for a doctorate.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
  • In the end, Chen, who successfully earned his doctorate in the spring and has since gone to work in finance, crafted a handful of nearly flawless nanowires.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
  • While receiving an honorary doctorate from the school in 2017, The Dark Knight director spoke about meeting his wife.
    Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Noé López has a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and works in finance and digital banking.
    Noé López, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Mota’s doctorate comes from a diploma mill that provides honorary degrees for a price, the Globe’s research found.
    Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • One of the first Mexican Americans to earn a doctorate from Harvard.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022
  • One woman, about to get her doctorate, commented on the issue on TikTok.
    Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Smalls earned her doctorate in Psychology from the school on July 29th.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Cottrell was in school to earn a doctorate and also worked in marketing, according to AL.com.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 8 July 2024
  • Inspired by her work on the show, Galán pursued a doctorate in psychology.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
  • One woman, about to get her doctorate, commented on the issue on TikTok.
    Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2024
  • With 25 years’ experience behind a mic, Smoove might as well have a doctorate in funny.
    Cori Murray, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • After wrapping up his doctorate in Canada, Landy was looking for new projects to tackle.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The Fed is the largest employer of doctorate-level economists.
    Catarina Saraiva, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • While in therapy, your physical therapist (a practitioner who holds a doctorate in physical therapy) will focus on restoring the lost range of motion.
    Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 28 July 2024
  • The second core class focuses on animal learning, the subject of Cannon’s doctorate, where students will study how animals think and learn, along with the underlying principles behind how animal behavior can be changed by experience.
    Jenelyn Russo, Orange County Register, 30 July 2024

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