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
Michael Jackson doted over what a dedicated mother Katherine is in his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk.
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 May 2025
Adams estimated in her 1989 autobiography, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC, that the unit averaged 65,000 pieces of mail per shift.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
In his autobiography Spare, Prince Harry discussed their sometimes-contentious relationship, as is common between siblings.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
The team lost its first game 50-0, Perez wrote in his new autobiography.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 May 2025
Adams estimated in her 1989 autobiography, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC, that the unit averaged 65,000 pieces of mail per shift.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
In his autobiography Spare, Prince Harry discussed their sometimes-contentious relationship, as is common between siblings.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
The team lost its first game 50-0, Perez wrote in his new autobiography.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
biography
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Twain therefore presents a tantalizing challenge for literary biography: to explain how someone able to spot and depict frailties of conscience, character, and judgment in others could be so powerless to correct them in himself.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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Ron Chernow writes books about men of great ambition ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant to financier J.P. Morgan — his biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the long-running Broadway musical — and is an expert chronicler of fame’s highs and lows.—
Mary Ann Gwinn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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“Autobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autobiography. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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