How to Use PhD in a Sentence

PhD

abbreviation or noun
Definition of PhDnext
  • With the rarest of exceptions, it’s been led by a seasoned economist with a PhD in the field.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 June 2023
  • Unimpressed with what the market had to offer, Wong—then a PhD student at Cambridge—decided to design his own.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The real Lillian Gilbreth was a working woman with a PhD in psychology.
    — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Part of Rick’s PhD research was in motor skill acquisition.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
  • Haley's father graduated from his PhD program in 1969, but didn't have many work prospects.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But in biotech, postdocs and PhD graduates can easily crack six figures.
    — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Next to me, members of the tribe's white corn co-op chatted with a PhD student who's been working with them to test different cover crops on the field, which are designed to protect the soil underneath.
    — Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • But his older brother, Steve, had his doubts -- how could his brother, a brilliant PhD student with a bright future in mathematics, take his own life?
    — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • This year’s cohort of 32 Fellows are all recent PhD’s who’ve been identified as some of the most outstanding early-career scientists in the world.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Cronin, who will turn 53 this summer, likes to say he’s got a PhD in dealing with young players after spending his whole life in locker rooms beginning with his dad’s teams as an infant.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • McCord, who once worked in visual merchandising, went on to get her PhD in Psychology.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Twenty-seven-year-old Spurway, also a PhD geneticist, was as lanky as Haldane was robust.
    — Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Students in master’s and PhD programs are not eligible.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This experience set him off on a PhD, and on a journey to figure out how to work collaboratively with people at all stages of dementia.
    — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Herbert Herzog, PhD, the lead researcher, says his team found that chronic stress shuts down the brain’s lateral habenula, which is a neural region that prevents overeating in both mice and humans.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2023
  • Fast forward to 2019, Kuhn successfully defended her PhD and started working for her startup full time.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • Researchers first looked into whether babies move differently in the sleepers, and discovered that they were sometimes found on their tummies, which means a roll had occurred, says Erin Mannen, PhD, the lead researcher on the study.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Southern-mom level hospitality and a PhD in frying stuff.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 July 2023
  • Beth King, PhD, is a neuropsychologist specializing in dysgraphia and also happens to be a mother to a daughter with the condition.
    — Suzie Glassman, Parents, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Walden is a for-profit, online institution that offers masters and PhD programs in fields such as nursing and criminal justice.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Born in Chicago, Kaczynski grew up a child prodigy in mathematics and earned a PhD before beginning to mail pipe bombs as part of his disdain for technology.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 11 June 2023
  • His wife, who had been completing a PhD program, got a job in her native California, necessitating a cross-country move.
    — Michael J. West, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • While sheer pieces are revealing by default, incorporating a flash of transparency into an outfit doesn't require a PhD in styling.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023
  • This drive to better understand people led her to study psychology as an undergrad and go on to earn a PhD in clinical psychology, all the while continuing to do hair.
    — Abbey Stone, Allure, 13 Dec. 2023
  • This is especially true as more and more people pursue masters’ and PhD degrees in the hopes of gaining an edge in the crowded job market – thus ironically delaying their entry into the old job market.
    — Berry Wang, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The unanimous All-American demonstrates a PhD-level understanding of pass protection, with an answer ready for whatever is thrown at him.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • While pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, Gifty uses her research experiments on lab mice as a means to understand her mother’s depression and the addiction that led to her brother’s death as a teenager.
    — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Lennie Waite, PhD, is a performance psychology consultant and former Olympic athlete.
    — Jacqueline Andriakos, Women's Health, 13 June 2023
  • Liz Benny is an economics PhD student studying wealth distribution and racial equality.
    — Melissa Schorr, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The subject of his ongoing PhD thesis is about identifying bat hotspots and understanding the impact of climate change on bat communities, including endangered species of bats in this region.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023

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