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
Several biographies have been written about her.
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Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Most about sections read like unedited biographies.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
All victims' names are included, along with biographies or obituaries.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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
For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Deliver Me from Nowhere has an intimacy and immediacy that eludes most film biographies.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Xavier follows the number to a shelf of biographies, including those about Frank Sinatra.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Mar. 2025
Personal writing, like biographies and memoirs, aren’t going away anytime soon.
—Big Think, 27 Feb. 2025
Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Most about sections read like unedited biographies.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
All victims' names are included, along with biographies or obituaries.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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
For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Deliver Me from Nowhere has an intimacy and immediacy that eludes most film biographies.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Xavier follows the number to a shelf of biographies, including those about Frank Sinatra.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Mar. 2025
Personal writing, like biographies and memoirs, aren’t going away anytime soon.
—Big Think, 27 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biographies
Noun
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In nonfiction, Slovak has edited memoirs by Elizabeth Gilbert, David Byrne, and Leslie Marmon Silko, and works of natural and cultural history by Robert Macfarlane, David George Haskell, and Rebecca Solnit.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 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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That sounds unremarkable now in a landscape of public diaries, memories, and celebrities reading the audiobooks of their autobiographies, but Pepys was something of a groundbreaking force in the genre.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Biographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biographies. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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