as in biographies
a history of a person's life
you can read a bio of the author on her home page
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Recent Examples of bios
Families read through student bios and book sessions of up to 8 hours.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2026
But considering Dowdle has already removed the Panthers from his social media bios, such a reunion seems unlikely.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Pahlavi dropped these words from his social-media bios last week.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Core elements include responsive design, IDX integration, neighborhood pages, agent bios, blog, reviews, and lead forms.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
The current TikTok and Instagram bios for Stranger Things however debunk this.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
For example, when the firm was completing its recent merger, his team created an agentic capability to redraft the bios of the incoming 1,600 attorneys, which needed to be updated to include the new firm’s information and match its existing writing style.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
Everyone on Broadway has Law & Order somewhere in their Playbill bios and, with the ascendancy of The Gilded Age, maybe a prestige HBO credit, too.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
The book, ardent yet measured, is unsentimental in a way few show-business bios are.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2026
But considering Dowdle has already removed the Panthers from his social media bios, such a reunion seems unlikely.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Pahlavi dropped these words from his social-media bios last week.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Core elements include responsive design, IDX integration, neighborhood pages, agent bios, blog, reviews, and lead forms.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
The current TikTok and Instagram bios for Stranger Things however debunk this.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
For example, when the firm was completing its recent merger, his team created an agentic capability to redraft the bios of the incoming 1,600 attorneys, which needed to be updated to include the new firm’s information and match its existing writing style.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
Everyone on Broadway has Law & Order somewhere in their Playbill bios and, with the ascendancy of The Gilded Age, maybe a prestige HBO credit, too.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
The book, ardent yet measured, is unsentimental in a way few show-business bios are.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bios
Noun
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In an afterword, there are biographies of people well known to us (and some forgotten) who played a part in our city’s history.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin certainly have more compelling biographies, and Georges Seurat—of Sunday in the Park with George fame—has been played on Broadway by the likes of Jake Gyllenhaal.—
J. S. Marcus,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His son notes that political books revealed his lifelong liberal leanings, while religious texts and memoirs showed his spiritual curiosity.—
Cheryl Russell,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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Roll the Calls shatters the mold of stodgy CEO memoirs.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Bios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bios. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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