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In high school, college, or graduate school, students often have to write a thesis on a topic in their major field of study. In many fields, a final thesis is the biggest challenge involved in getting a master's degree, and the same is true for students studying for a Ph.D. (a Ph.D. thesis is often called a dissertation). But a thesis may also be an idea; so in the course of the paper the student may put forth several theses (notice the plural form) and attempt to prove them.
Examples of thesis in a Sentence
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
At least since René Descartes declared dogs to be no more feeling than machines, and doubled down on his thesis by nailing and burning some of the unlucky automatons alive, people objecting to the misuse of animals have mostly inhabited the losing side.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
Black Skin, White Masks, his first book, grew out of his original, but rejected, idea for a doctoral thesis.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
But there is a sequence within the scene that serves, to me, as a thesis both for fandom and for its inevitable heartbreak: a montage showing Sunderland players collapsed on the pitch while confetti falls around them.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
His childlike wonder drives the doc to intriguing places, but there’s not enough rigor here to bring any one insight into clear focus, only an unwieldy thesis about life (and capital-L Life, of course) that gets more and more diffuse the longer Kestner speaks.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
In a resonant pre-internet illustration of this thesis, the mayor’s infuriating hypocrisy, cloaked in communal concern and democratic pieties, drives Dr. Stockmann, a man of reason, into an irrational frenzy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Draw them in with an engaging document, not a dry thesis ready to bore.
—April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Typically armed with her voice (as well as the voices of a few collaborators) and delicate guitars, Lenker proves her less-is-more thesis is well worth listening to, especially when paired with her phenomenal songwriting skills.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Thesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thesis. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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