as in memoirs
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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Recent Examples of biographies
Music biographies often follow a non-fussy trajectory, rallying their base with nostalgic re-creations of big concert moments and a sturdy timeline that begins with an idol’s birth and ending on a critical juncture in its subject’s life or even death.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Moreover, previous biographies of Baldwin, perhaps because they were written by people who knew him, David Leeming the most intimately, become his collaborators.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Yet, even beyond the cases of outright abuse, Mickey Rooney’s memoir and biographies reveal a not unrelated pathology.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Photos of veterans and their biographies will be displayed at the center of the park and the Color Guard will open the event.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Back in the corridor, Harper stops in front of another board, which features photographs and biographies beneath the title ‘NUFC ACADEMY ALUMNI’.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Isaacson is an American journalist who has written the esteemed biographies of various figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and more.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Nelson's possibly offhand claims to Cherokee ancestry, nevertheless, have been repeated in biographies without verification.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
In the 1990s, a time of crisis for the publishing industry, Founders’ biographies revived an old tradition.
—Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Moreover, previous biographies of Baldwin, perhaps because they were written by people who knew him, David Leeming the most intimately, become his collaborators.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Yet, even beyond the cases of outright abuse, Mickey Rooney’s memoir and biographies reveal a not unrelated pathology.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Photos of veterans and their biographies will be displayed at the center of the park and the Color Guard will open the event.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Back in the corridor, Harper stops in front of another board, which features photographs and biographies beneath the title ‘NUFC ACADEMY ALUMNI’.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Isaacson is an American journalist who has written the esteemed biographies of various figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and more.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Nelson's possibly offhand claims to Cherokee ancestry, nevertheless, have been repeated in biographies without verification.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
In the 1990s, a time of crisis for the publishing industry, Founders’ biographies revived an old tradition.
—Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biographies
Noun
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The memoirs; the second volume is still a work in progress.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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McCurdy and Stoner each end their memoirs proud of having emerged into saner adulthoods.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Snow shared that many of her go-to books — primarily nonfiction titles, autobiographies and self-help books — have propelled her through hard moments in her life, including her divorce and her father's Alzheimer's diagnosis.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Wrapped in millennial pink while sporting desk plaques reading #girlboss and #bossbabe, she was sold through autobiographies, TED Talks, and Instagram feeds promising that hustle could turn anyone into a CEO.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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