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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In biographical posts online and previous news media interviews, Dundon has described his approach to subprime lending as providing opportunities for people with bad credit to own cars and making sure borrowers receive a fair deal.
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Blunt’s latest role sees her star as Dawn Staples alongside Dwayne Johnson’s Mark Kerr in the biographical movie, The Smashing Machine.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
But in recent years, historians have recovered her papers and confirmed a number of biographical details.
—Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Unlike Boggs and Wade, whose subjects had commanded biographical and scholarly attention for decades, Richardson was breaking trail from the beginning, writing a life that had never been written before.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Blunt’s latest role sees her star as Dawn Staples alongside Dwayne Johnson’s Mark Kerr in the biographical movie, The Smashing Machine.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
But in recent years, historians have recovered her papers and confirmed a number of biographical details.
—Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Unlike Boggs and Wade, whose subjects had commanded biographical and scholarly attention for decades, Richardson was breaking trail from the beginning, writing a life that had never been written before.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Biographical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biographical. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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