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
He was named the Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, according to his bio.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
No wonder about a portion of his Western Michigan bio focuses on those days back here.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Schmitt plans to major in communications with aspirations to be a sports marketer, per her UC Santa Barbara athlete bio.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
For instance, in the 80s people would go into little studios and record their bios on VHS tapes that could be sent around to prospective partners.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
No wonder about a portion of his Western Michigan bio focuses on those days back here.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Schmitt plans to major in communications with aspirations to be a sports marketer, per her UC Santa Barbara athlete bio.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
For instance, in the 80s people would go into little studios and record their bios on VHS tapes that could be sent around to prospective partners.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bio
Noun
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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
Noun
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One of the latest celebs to release a memoir is Tina Knowles.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
15 May 2025
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Bono laid bare his transformation from Dublin lad Paul Hewson into a global rock star and human rights crusader in his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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“Bio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bio. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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