master's degree
noun
a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.
master's degrees
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pluralof master's degree.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Nearly a third of the laid-off workers hold master’s degrees, and nearly 40 served in research-and-development positions, according to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Levine held two master’s degrees, from New York University and Columbia University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
In 2022, Cofnas went to Cambridge to teach the philosophy of biology, after an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Columbia in New York and master’s degrees at Cambridge and Oxford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The sisters, who had been studying for master's degrees in Ibadan, moved abroad for further studies, while the brothers travelled and worked in several countries, including the United States and South Africa.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Indeed, Margaret and Charlie would go on to earn master’s degrees in education, one at Columbia University and the other at New York University.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
