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doctor's degree

American  
[dok-terz di-gree] / ˈdɒk tərz dɪˈgri /

noun

  1. doctorate.

  2. a degree awarded to a graduate of a school of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science.


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“It is unbelievable that a person who has a doctor’s degree in law has not read the bill through,” said Robert Kropiwnicki of the opposition Civic Coalition.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

My husband has a master’s and doctor’s degree in business administration, so in theory, has the tools to run a business.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2022

Until recently, the doctor's degree struck most Americans as pedantic claptrap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just ask Jay Carty, a onetime Oregon State basketball star now studying for his doctor's degree at U.C.L.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1820 he obtained his doctor’s degree by a chemical treatise De mangano, and immediately after set out on a journey through England, Scotland and the Faeroe Islands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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