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biography

noun

bī-ˈä-grə-fē

Definition of biography

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 After some back and forth, with Harris insisting that his project would be less a traditional biography and more a biography of his work, David relented. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 An excerpt from Shadwick’s new biography published in The Art Newspaper, reveals that in fact the painting is a copy of A Winter Sunset by the then-popular tonalist artist Bruce Crane. — News Desk, Artforum, 20 Oct. 2026 My biography, which is now in paperback, is an effort to bring the woman and her life into vivid color. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026 One of the many clever strokes in Andrew O’Hagan’s 2024 novel Caledonian Road was casting his floundering, public intellectual hero as the author of a best-selling biography of Johannes Vermeer. — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biography

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Exactly what happened to the memoir, why Travolta abandoned it and what became of his advance remain a mystery.

— Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
None of the Gosselin siblings have made public statements following the release of Collin’s memoir.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

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Featuring a wide range of collaborators, including Travis Scott, Summer Walker, Trina, Quavo and more, the 21-track set finds the City Girls alum grounding a revelatory autobiography in the history and culture of her hometown.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026
In his autobiography, Capra is, without a doubt, a hundred times less reliable than Wasson and McBride.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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