as in biography
a history of a person's life
the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight
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Recent Examples of memoir
Luminate reports that the film, which shares a title with Obama's first memoir, saw an increase of more than 13,000% through February.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Becoming, produced by the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions for Netflix, is partly based on the former first lady’s 2018 memoir of the same name that has sold more than 10 million books.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
He was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Citizens Medal and published a memoir about the ordeal.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The memoir shows little interest in the gambler’s psychology or the keening dramas of the floor.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Becoming, produced by the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions for Netflix, is partly based on the former first lady’s 2018 memoir of the same name that has sold more than 10 million books.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
He was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Citizens Medal and published a memoir about the ordeal.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The memoir shows little interest in the gambler’s psychology or the keening dramas of the floor.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoir
Noun
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If there are answers to these questions, or informed hypotheses, this biography does not provide them.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Colón’s Libro de los Epítomes (Book of Summaries) spanned multiple volumes and provided condensed versions of the works in his collection, along with metadata such as content details, author biographies, and writing styles.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 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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“Memoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoir. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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