as in biography
a history of a person's life
the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight
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Recent Examples of memoir
Duke selected *Never Caught* to explore historical narratives of slavery, and Cal Poly Pomona chose *Solito*, an immigration memoir.
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Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Huang is already writing another memoir about getting back into the kitchen.
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Mariella Rudi,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The 22-year-old's tell-all memoir is set to release in October.
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Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
The details had been sitting in plain sight in Sebold’s memoir.
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Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
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Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Huang is already writing another memoir about getting back into the kitchen.
—
Mariella Rudi,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The 22-year-old's tell-all memoir is set to release in October.
—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
The details had been sitting in plain sight in Sebold’s memoir.
—
Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for memoir
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoir
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The site offers a space to write a brief biography of the deceased and share funeral details and the shiva location.
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Becoming George completes a trilogy of acclaimed biographies.
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But as with much of McKendrick’s work, autobiography was only the starting point.
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In 1831, ibn Said wrote an autobiography in Arabic that has survived.
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