as in memoirs
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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Recent Examples of biographies
Throughout his time at the newspapers, Wolfson became a master at writing profiles — more than 50 biographies of lawyers and judges and nearly as many of people who weren’t lawyers, by his estimation.
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Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Artists of color have long felt pressure to capitalize on the most marginal aspects of their biographies, as white critics (most critics) have remained eager to dismiss those who address race or colonialism in their work as politically correct or identity obsessed.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Nancy Mitford, an outspoken Socialist, wrote bestselling biographies and comic novels, most famously The Pursuit of Love, which has never been out of print.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Several biographies have been written about her.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Most about sections read like unedited biographies.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
All victims' names are included, along with biographies or obituaries.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Moving forward, mastering a personal podcast could replace soft-focus biographies or wonky books as a way for politicians to increase their profiles.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Artists of color have long felt pressure to capitalize on the most marginal aspects of their biographies, as white critics (most critics) have remained eager to dismiss those who address race or colonialism in their work as politically correct or identity obsessed.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Nancy Mitford, an outspoken Socialist, wrote bestselling biographies and comic novels, most famously The Pursuit of Love, which has never been out of print.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Several biographies have been written about her.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Most about sections read like unedited biographies.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
All victims' names are included, along with biographies or obituaries.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Moving forward, mastering a personal podcast could replace soft-focus biographies or wonky books as a way for politicians to increase their profiles.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biographies
Noun
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In nonfiction, Slovak has edited memoirs by Elizabeth Gilbert, David Byrne, and Leslie Marmon Silko, and works of natural and cultural history by Robert Macfarlane, David George Haskell, and Rebecca Solnit.—
Paul Slovak
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Also starring Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy is based on a pair of memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Wrapped in millennial pink while sporting desk plaques reading #girlboss and #bossbabe, she was sold through autobiographies, TED Talks, and Instagram feeds promising that hustle could turn anyone into a CEO.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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That sounds unremarkable now in a landscape of public diaries, memories, and celebrities reading the audiobooks of their autobiographies, but Pepys was something of a groundbreaking force in the genre.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Biographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biographies. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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