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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Van Kampen was the first woman to serve as a musical director for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, her biography said.
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Lynch received praise for his next feature film, the stylish black-and-white biography The Elephant Man.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Isaacson’s biography concludes before Musk thrust himself into the political arena as Trump’s uninformed booster and ATM ($270 million during the 2024 campaign).
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Lynch received praise for his next feature film, the stylish black-and-white biography The Elephant Man.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Isaacson’s biography concludes before Musk thrust himself into the political arena as Trump’s uninformed booster and ATM ($270 million during the 2024 campaign).
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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