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
Despite varied biographies, top-of-the-ballot Democrats across New Jersey, Virginia and New York City each prevailed in contests before electorates who ranked the economy or cost of living as a top issue, according to exit polls conducted by ABC News.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
There have been different depictions of Rosalind in various biographies.
—Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
Photos of veterans and their biographies were displayed at the center of the park and a color guard opened the event.
—Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
There have been different depictions of Rosalind in various biographies.
—Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
Photos of veterans and their biographies were displayed at the center of the park and a color guard opened the event.
—Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biographies
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Patti Smith wrote a new reflection on her life, a follow up to her other wildly popular memoirs, ten years in the making.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Soyinka’s body of work includes more than 20 plays, as well as essays, memoirs, poetry collections and fiction.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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There are also two unpublished autobiographies by Temple which Tudor is helping the estate get published.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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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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