as in memoir
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 biography
As a biography, that’s quite staggering and very revealing about an era.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
According to his biography on the New York archdiocese website, Dolan was ordained into the priesthood by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis on June 19, 1976.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Her cookbook will touch on those facets of her personality, according to its Simon & Schuster biography.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
His latest biography, Mark Twain, will be released in paperback in June.
—Time, 12 May 2026
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
According to his biography on the New York archdiocese website, Dolan was ordained into the priesthood by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis on June 19, 1976.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Her cookbook will touch on those facets of her personality, according to its Simon & Schuster biography.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
His latest biography, Mark Twain, will be released in paperback in June.
—Time, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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As this memoir opens, Iran’s morality police stalk the university where Nafisi works, censuring her female students.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Years later, in her memoir, Staton wrote about an incident during their relationship where Carter allegedly beat her.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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So closely are they related that jazz great Billie Holiday titled her 1956 autobiography Lady Sings the Blues.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
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In her autobiography, Shocking Life (1954), Schiaparelli details her first piece of performance art.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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