The phrase "a string of degrees" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a series of academic qualifications or achievements, often in the context of someone's educational background.
Example: "She has a string of degrees, including a PhD in Physics and a Master's in Mathematics."
Alternatives: "a series of degrees" or "a collection of degrees".
Fearful that a string of 100-degree days this summer might result in selected power failures, the Long Island Power Authority is asking commercial customers Island-wide and residential customers on the East End to let the utility to turn off their air-conditioning during periods of peak usage.
But if it hadn't been for a string of 90-plus-degree days with 90percentt humidity, I probably would never have bothered replacing it short of a natural crumby death.
The post he's been tapped for has been occupied by a string of individuals with advanced degrees in science or medicine.
The post for which he is being nominated, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary for research, education and economics, has traditionally been occupied by a string of individuals with advanced degrees in science or medicine.
But the director in question is Jerry Zaks, who not so very long ago also produced a string of hits, including "Six Degrees of Separation," "The House of Blue Leaves," "Lend Me a Tenor" and "Guys and Dolls," each of which won him a Tony Award -- not to mention his Tony nominations for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Anything Goes" and "Smokey Joe's Cafe".
By late 1995, prosecutors had prepared draft indictments that proposed charging McWane and several executives with a string of felonies, including second-degree manslaughter, endangering public health and unlawful possession of hazardous waste, records show.
Bristol University, one of a string of universities that awarded honorary degrees to the Burmese leader during her time in opposition, also said it was reviewing its award in light of accusations of brutal mistreatment of the Rohingya.
And in New York, a string of days more than 20 degrees warmer than usual have sent baffled residents searching for sundresses and wondering if it is too soon to schedule a trip to the garden store.
From a Tumblr to a Book to…: Wash That Blog Out With Soap At 24, Emma Koenig has amassed all the accouterments of her generation: an expensive college degree; a string of low-paying (and no-paying) jobs; and the lease on an overpriced, undersize apartment in the East Village stuffed with a rotating cast of Craigslist roommates, which she eventually gave up to move back in with her parents.
Not everyone is primed to be a modern-day Heraclitus, like Alain de Botton, who starts each day, it seems, by cranking up his inner fortune-cookie machine and producing a string of tweets that are, to varying degrees, sour, funny, fatalistic, and bitingly true.
