How to Use doctorate in a Sentence

doctorate

noun
Definition of doctoratenext
  • In Latvia, he’s been stripped of an honorary doctorate and a top state award.
    — Aaron Eglitis, Bloomberg.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Larson joined the Berkeley force in 1920, becoming the first rookie in the country with a doctorate.
    — Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Patrick Hanrahan, cofounder of software firm Tableau, has a doctorate in the field. 4.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 2 May 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
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Revered by his peers, Salinas was the first professor there to earn a doctorate from the University of London.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Megan McArthur, who earned a doctorate at Scripps Oceanography, was an engineer on the final flight of the space shuttle program.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer has taken her talents to film, and she's even earned an honorary doctorate degree.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 13 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
  • There needs to be pay increases with time in the district, additional degrees (master’s degrees to a point), or a doctorate as an incentive for improvement.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024

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