Researcher has job over in Washington

I believe the answer is:

post-doc

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(Other definitions for post-doc that I've seen before include "Researcher with a second degree" , "Researcher with two degrees" , "One researching beyond Ph.D level (colloq.)" , "One researching beyond a second degree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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