as in biography
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 bio
The festival recalled highlights of Armani’s attendance which included the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s bio-doc about the designer Made in Milan in 1990.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Campau printed the inserts on a special shimmery, purple, holographic paper with mini bios of each girl, complete with quotes and their star signs.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Freixe served as Nestlé’s CEO last year, according to his company bio.
—David Chiu, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
According to a bio provided by the district, Oreluk started her career as a special education teacher at North Palos School District 117 in southwest suburban Hickory Hills.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Campau printed the inserts on a special shimmery, purple, holographic paper with mini bios of each girl, complete with quotes and their star signs.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Freixe served as Nestlé’s CEO last year, according to his company bio.
—David Chiu, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
According to a bio provided by the district, Oreluk started her career as a special education teacher at North Palos School District 117 in southwest suburban Hickory Hills.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bio
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Murr uses for paper the draft pages of a biography about a struggling brooding composer named Johannes Kreisler; Murr comes off as the less ridiculous and more emotionally healthy of the two.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Moving forward, mastering a personal podcast could replace soft-focus biographies or wonky books as a way for politicians to increase their profiles.—
David Bauder,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Also starring Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy is based on a pair of memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere there will be Waiting For the Out, the adaptation of Andy West’s memoir written by Dennis Kelly about a philosopher teaching prisoners concepts such as dominance and free will only to have his own past unravel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Bio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bio. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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