How to Use thesis in a Sentence
thesis
noun
- We disagreed with the basic thesis of the report.
- The book's central thesis is that propaganda influences the masses in important ways.
- New evidence supports his thesis.
- She wrote her thesis on Renaissance Nativity scenes.
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This involved carving away the parts of Smith’s thought that didn’t fit the thesis.
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Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
17 July 2023
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That’s broad enough to impart only a vague sense of a thesis.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Dec. 2022
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But the inclusion of this dialogue sets up the entire thesis of the show (and the game).
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Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
19 Jan. 2023
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Lyn, who was working on her PhD at the time, later reached out to him for help on her thesis.
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Katie Mannion,
Peoplemag,
6 Mar. 2023
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Proponents of the technofeudalism thesis came from both the left and the right.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2022
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Data from some of the world’s major economies appears to back up Joshi’s thesis.
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Bypaolo Confino,
Fortune,
6 July 2023
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Well, not my thesis film, my project-one film in Super 8, which was an 18-minute version of the opera Carmen.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2023
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She's done a terrific job building out our thesis around the space.
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Lily Hay Newman,
WIRED,
24 Aug. 2023
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But the main thesis is: Any pause and later, cuts, in interest rates will be good for the cloud economy.
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R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2023
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That was her senior thesis, her first pass at a story about life with Viva.
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Penelope Green,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2023
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Mike’s thesis is even the most wealthy and the most privileged, really, [are] all just humans.
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Esther Zuckerman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Aug. 2023
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The apparent plagiarism did not stop with the 2013 thesis.
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Bydaniel Garisto,
science.org,
13 Apr. 2023
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Draw them in with an engaging document, not a dry thesis ready to bore.
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April Rudin,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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The film served as Burns’ senior thesis at the liberal arts college in nearby Amherst, Mass.
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Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
25 July 2023
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Was this book an outgrowth of your master’s thesis at Oxford?
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Jodi Hausen,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Aug. 2023
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Ali even gave her dad a touching tribute in the dedication of her thesis.
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Alexis Jones,
Peoplemag,
29 May 2023
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The work is ongoing, but even without all the answers, one thing’s for sure: Strehmel just wrote one hell of a bachelor’s thesis.
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Saima Sidik,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2023
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The thesis was often stated loud and clear: The cars of the near future will be all batteries, sensors, and apps, and in that sense will merely be phones on wheels.
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Samanth Subramanian,
Quartz,
2 Mar. 2024
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More evidence for Sasse’s thesis emerged the first day of his tenure at the university.
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The Editors,
National Review,
9 Feb. 2023
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Like so many young scholars, Turner worked hard to bring attention to his thesis.
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Colin Woodard,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2023
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The three-essay thesis soon proved the rule at M.I.T. and other graduate departments.
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Michael M. Weinstein,
New York Times,
22 Dec. 2023
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At the end of my graduation, my own wedding dress became my thesis!
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Svetlana Khachiyan,
USA TODAY,
12 July 2023
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Advertisement Wright: That scene is a thesis argument for the film.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Dec. 2023
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The second half comeback thesis has become common on Wall Street in recent months.
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Bywill Daniel,
Fortune,
18 Dec. 2022
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But that only makes this common thesis more provocative.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2024
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March’s emotions now strumming the rhythm of their lives, five Princeton men’s players are working on their senior thesis.
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Scott Miller,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2023
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