as in biography
an account of a person's life written by the person it is about
I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.
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Recent Examples of autobiography
Wright’s childhood nursery was decorated with engravings of English cathedrals
In his autobiography, Wright discusses how his mother prophesied his future as an architect, decorating his nursery with buildings to encourage this development.
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Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
And despite her long and varied career, June (like her father) never penned an autobiography.
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025
A little over a year after the release of Stone’s autobiography, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), a documentary, 2025’s Sly Lives!
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
And yes, Allardyce did use his 2015 autobiography to question whether Morrison was cut out to be an elite footballer.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 6 June 2025
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Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
And despite her long and varied career, June (like her father) never penned an autobiography.
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025
A little over a year after the release of Stone’s autobiography, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), a documentary, 2025’s Sly Lives!
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
And yes, Allardyce did use his 2015 autobiography to question whether Morrison was cut out to be an elite footballer.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
biography
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According to a 2020 biography of Melania Trump by Washington Post journalist Mary Jordan, the former Melania Knauss moved to New York City in 1996 and first modeled under a series of H-1B visas.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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Culp expertly narrates the exposition (and in a forty-four-hour biography there’s plenty) and modulates his voice and pitch for different speakers.—
AudioFile Magazine
June 27,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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