doctoral

[dahk-ter-uhl, dahk tawr-uhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to the postgraduate level of study leading to a the degree of doctor in any field or profession.

2. characteristic of or belonging to a doctor, especially a medical doctor.

Example Sentences

“It validates what the community has been saying for so long,” said Benjamin Rico, a doctoral researcher at UC San Diego and co-author of the study.

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They go because their doctoral advisor, a man they hate and worship in equal measure, has died and they need him back to ensure they get a good teaching position after graduation.

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A doctoral graduate from UC Davis, they managed the Big Wall Bats program and created Yosemite climb guidebooks in addition to volunteer work, according to the release.

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“I can spend, on bad days, three hours on the phone with the VA,” said Deickman, himself a 20-year Army veteran and a doctoral student.

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After helping out in his family’s doll-manufacturing business after the death of his father, he recently entered a doctoral program at Texas A&M and is helping to research a vaccine for Lyme disease.

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