"ABD" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "extra": "(“A description of the status of a doctoral student who has completed all Ph.D. degree requirements except the doctoral dissertation.”).",
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          "text": "Most of my employers knew I was a graduate student, and fortunately, most seemed reluctant to ask me too many questions. Our mutual slience served as a way to deal with the status inconsistency of a house wife with a B.A. hiring a ABD to clean her house.",
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          "text": "The most common reason for such episodes is that a student takes a job before completing a thesis, usually after attaining ABD (all but dissertation) status.",
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