memoir

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mem·oir | \ ˈmem-ˌwär

, -ˌwȯr \

Definition of memoir

1 : an official note or report : memorandum

2a : a narrative composed from personal experience every memoir reminds us of the faraway and long ago, of loss and change, of persons and places beyond recall— Abigail McCarthy

b : autobiography —usually used in plural His memoirs recall his student days at Harvard.

c : biography his memoir of his longtime friend

3a : an account of something noteworthy : report the work described and discussed in this memoir represent a first-class investigation— J. A. Steers

b memoirs plural : the record of the proceedings of a learned society

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a retired politician who is writing his memoirs He has written a memoir of his mother. a memoir of Hollywood in the 1930s

Recent Examples on the Web The company's blog even republished an excerpt from Biden's memoir. — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, "As Biden’s son-in-law invests in COVID-19 response, questions of family and ethics could resurface," 9 Feb. 2021 Not many writers have more than one memoir in them, but Doyle has had more than one life. — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, "Glennon Doyle’s Honesty Gospel," 8 Feb. 2021 This meditative, revelatory memoir is Tyson’s first. — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, "10 must-read Black History Month book recommendations: Cicely Tyson, Angie Thomas and more," 4 Feb. 2021 Lefkowitz’s lively memoir traces his path from public health and cardiology to biochemistry and a 2012 Nobel Prize. LIVE; LIVE; LIVE, by Jonathan Buckley. — New York Times, "New & Noteworthy, From Food Policy to Communicating With the Dead," 2 Feb. 2021 No book moved me more than this memoir from chef and writer Phyllis Grant. — Washington Post, "The best food books of 2020 that will get you thinking, not cooking," 24 Dec. 2020 This memoir follows author Brittany K. Barnett during her time as a young law student. — Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, "Start reading more in 2021 with Amazon’s best books of 2020," 22 Dec. 2020 More:Cicely Tyson’s death comes days after her memoir was released. — Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY, "'Our ancestors watch over us': A Cherokee family endures in Brandon Hobson's 'The Removed'," 31 Jan. 2021 Sorensen even asked Schlesinger to hold back on finishing his memoir so Sorensen could publish first. — Tevi Troy, Washington Examiner, "Baggage check," 21 Jan. 2021

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