life story
noun
: the things that have happened to someone in life
a life story that includes a childhood of extreme poverty
She told us her life story.
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At the 2024 Republican National Convention, prominent Latino Republicans praised his life story and economic messaging.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Nicholas Boggs spent decades researching this thoughtful and well-paced biography, consulting archival material and even interviewing, after presuming him dead, a crucial surviving player in Baldwin’s life story.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Defense attorney Krista Richman painted a sad life story, saying Banegas was abused, neglected and suicidal.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Typically, judges look at not only the offense conduct but factor’s like criminal history, the defendant’s acceptance of responsibility and his or her life story.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Nicholas Boggs spent decades researching this thoughtful and well-paced biography, consulting archival material and even interviewing, after presuming him dead, a crucial surviving player in Baldwin’s life story.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Defense attorney Krista Richman painted a sad life story, saying Banegas was abused, neglected and suicidal.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Typically, judges look at not only the offense conduct but factor’s like criminal history, the defendant’s acceptance of responsibility and his or her life story.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Life story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20story. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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