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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 Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Caruso was appointed in August of 2025 by Governor DeSantis after serving seven years in the Florida House of Representatives, according to his biography on the Clerk of Courts website. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Check out our methodology page for details and panelist biographies. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 John is generally into baseball, Big East basketball, comic books (never call them graphic novels), 80s movies, 90s music, biographies, and staying out of the sun. — John Mihaly, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026 Four biographies were published in 1974 alone, and several more have been released in the years since. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biography

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Nicole Chung is the author of the award-winning memoir A Living Remedy, which was named a Notable Book by The New York Times and a Best Book of the Year by over a dozen other outlets.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
The one-time child star had spoken openly about navigating addiction and postpartum depression in her adult life, documenting those struggles as well as the painful loss of her brother in a memoir released this year.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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From the pair's 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey and Harry's 2023 autobiography to his 2025 reunion with the king, here's a timeline of the royal family rift over the years.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
It’s written in the postmodern genre called autofiction, in which autobiography is fictionalized to prioritize psychological and philosophical truths over literal facts.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

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