Thesaurus results for AUTOBIOGRAPHY

autobiography

noun

as in biography

an account of a person's life written by the person it is about I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.

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Recent Examples of autobiography Published more than a decade after her death, this unfinished autobiography was shepherded to publication by playwright Ben Hecht. —

Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 June 2026 Daniel Sikkema, born Daniel García Carrera in Cuba, is a onetime escort and the author of the 2006 autobiography Ticket to Paradise. —

News Desk, Artforum, 26 May 2026 New editions of his music and his autobiography have been released timed to this centennial event – with more on the way. —

Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 May 2026 Hanks' wife Rita Wilson stars in and co-produces the new show, which features an ever-changing lineup of entertainment, politicians and athletes who read and act out excerpts from other celebrities' autobiographies. —

Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for autobiography

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biography

Noun

The Washington Free Beacon, a right-leaning digital outlet, went beyond criticism of Kristof’s reporting to question the columnist’s biography and repeatedly published pieces about Kristof’s family members.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
This does not strike me as the biography of someone who needs lectures on the nexus between the black freedom struggle and its import to the broader world.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026