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
Now creators openly identify as angel investors in their bios, and people like Maggie Sellers Reum have built entire platforms around it.
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Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The Scooby Doo quest, the heart of the night, comes complete with a 14-page manual full of character bios, clues and missions.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
In their bios, all the girls loved a good night out and were down for a good night in, and the boys all loved the gym.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
And Pinto said Robinhood’s platform spotlights its portfolio through founder interviews and bios, among other methods.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
His heroes aren’t athletes or movie stars but anonymous Twitter accounts—anime avatars and pseudonyms with cryptic bios—whose followers track their trades with devotional intensity.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
The Dude Humor Report literally labels itself as satire, and many similar pages do the same in their bios or post descriptions.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Instagram’s lack of caption linking has led people to use third-party services like Linktree, which allow creators to add external links in their bios.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The paper ran 10 photos and bios on the front page, and several of the men were soon turned in.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The Scooby Doo quest, the heart of the night, comes complete with a 14-page manual full of character bios, clues and missions.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
In their bios, all the girls loved a good night out and were down for a good night in, and the boys all loved the gym.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
And Pinto said Robinhood’s platform spotlights its portfolio through founder interviews and bios, among other methods.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
His heroes aren’t athletes or movie stars but anonymous Twitter accounts—anime avatars and pseudonyms with cryptic bios—whose followers track their trades with devotional intensity.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
The Dude Humor Report literally labels itself as satire, and many similar pages do the same in their bios or post descriptions.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Instagram’s lack of caption linking has led people to use third-party services like Linktree, which allow creators to add external links in their bios.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The paper ran 10 photos and bios on the front page, and several of the men were soon turned in.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bios
Noun
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Those biographies were not included in the poll release.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Nor does either cite Biden’s name in the biographies listed on their official campaign websites.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Local touches were everywhere, from an extensive collection of books ranging from South African chick-lit to memoirs of Nelson Mandela, Trevor Noah, and Siya Kolisi to a mini-bar stocked with gin, rum, and brandy made with Cape Fynbos plants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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This month’s picks feature natural histories of American megafauna, domestic memoirs of parenting while trans, biographies of radical anthropologists, and much, much more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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“Bios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bios. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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