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
Set in Georgia and Alabama, this biography will transport readers into the Deep South during the Great Depression.
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Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
On policy, Talarico has positioned himself as a conventional Democrat, and his efforts to expand his appeal beyond the base consist mostly of biography and messaging style.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The quest to fathom the riotous diversity of nature is absorbingly told in a virtual double biography of the great taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his contemporary, the count of Buffon.
—Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 5 Feb. 2026
According to this official biography, Pima County, Arizona Sheriff Chris Nanos has been an officer of the law since 1976, beginning his career with the El Paso Police Department in Texas.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
On policy, Talarico has positioned himself as a conventional Democrat, and his efforts to expand his appeal beyond the base consist mostly of biography and messaging style.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The quest to fathom the riotous diversity of nature is absorbingly told in a virtual double biography of the great taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his contemporary, the count of Buffon.
—Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 5 Feb. 2026
According to this official biography, Pima County, Arizona Sheriff Chris Nanos has been an officer of the law since 1976, beginning his career with the El Paso Police Department in Texas.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
Noun
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The shooter left behind documents that include journals, a suicide note and a memoir, according to court filings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Spears discussed her family drama in her own memoir, The Woman in Me, which was released in 2024.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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After Fuller’s death in 1997, Lang set out to have his autobiography, A Third Face, posthumously edited and published.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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So are the director and her sister, but this is not an autobiography.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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