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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The page includes a biography and highlights his service in the Royal Navy.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The biography text has not been completely updated, as there are still references to the title in the text.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
Next year, Simon & Schuster is set to publish his second book, a biography of Rupert Murdoch’s family.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
According to a biography obtained by the news station, Litt is an accomplished dentist who graduated at the top of her class from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston in 1999 and completed a General Practice Residency at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Jersey.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The biography text has not been completely updated, as there are still references to the title in the text.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
Next year, Simon & Schuster is set to publish his second book, a biography of Rupert Murdoch’s family.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
According to a biography obtained by the news station, Litt is an accomplished dentist who graduated at the top of her class from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston in 1999 and completed a General Practice Residency at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Jersey.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
Noun
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Tuesday marked the publication of Nobody’s Girl, Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, which might have turned the spotlight back onto the president’s long friendship with Epstein.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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From memoir to literary fiction and from light to dark, these stories—though often complex in content—envelop us in simpler times.—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The film is an autobiography of loss; the film is a history of now.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The singer even gave him the first pages of his unfinished autobiography.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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