biographical
adjective
bio·graph·i·cal
ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 
variants
or less commonly biographic
1
: of, relating to, or constituting biography
2
: consisting of biographies
a biographical dictionary
3
: relating to a list briefly identifying persons
biographical notes
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Instead, Berliner, granted access to Raphan’s personal archive, made this candid and poignant biographical portrait.
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Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Today, Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world.
—Nick Franck, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Notable debuts include the Russell Crowe-Rami Malek post-WWII drama Nuremberg and the Amazon-MGM biographical drama Sarah’s Oil, both of which made $4 million.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2025
In the biographical film, Love plays the wife of Harrelson’s character, pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who in real life won a landmark Supreme Court case protecting parody as a First Amendment right, despite any emotional distress caused.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
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Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Today, Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world.
—Nick Franck, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Notable debuts include the Russell Crowe-Rami Malek post-WWII drama Nuremberg and the Amazon-MGM biographical drama Sarah’s Oil, both of which made $4 million.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2025
In the biographical film, Love plays the wife of Harrelson’s character, pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who in real life won a landmark Supreme Court case protecting parody as a First Amendment right, despite any emotional distress caused.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Biographical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biographical. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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