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
According to his Department of the Navy biography, Phelan was founder and chairman of Rugger Management, a private investment firm based in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Characteristically, McMurtry wasn’t keen on being the subject of a full biography; Streitfeld, after befriending him, won his cooperation piecemeal.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
According to a biography on the NACDL’s website, Newberger previously held the position of president of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
—Adam Bednar, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Characteristically, McMurtry wasn’t keen on being the subject of a full biography; Streitfeld, after befriending him, won his cooperation piecemeal.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
According to a biography on the NACDL’s website, Newberger previously held the position of president of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
—Adam Bednar, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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The Stranger Things actress also lent her voice to the audio versions of James Ellroy's novel American Tabloid and Alexi Pappas' memoir Bravey.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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What started out as a lilting memoir of youthful abandon eventually reveals itself to be something far more disturbing and scarring.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Bain’s autobiography was also previously adapted into the 2013 SXSW documentary The Great Hip Hop Hoax.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Halliwell talked about the writing process for the song in her 1999 autobiography, If Only.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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