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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

The son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister, young Sam earned a doctor's degree from Missouri Valley College and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1908.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forthright and articulate about art, reticent about himself, Russian-born Painter Marc Chagall, 72, long a French resident, arrives in the U.S. to get an honorary doctor's degree next week at Brandeis University.

From Time Magazine Archive

She received her degree in medicine in 1870, and the following year the same institution conferred the doctor's degree on Miss Mary C. Putnam, of New York.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

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