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
Nelson's possibly offhand claims to Cherokee ancestry, nevertheless, have been repeated in biographies without verification.
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Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
Photos of veterans and their biographies will be displayed at the center of the park and a color guard will open the event.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 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
Through their conversations, Noguera learned that Naso was well-versed in the biographies of other notorious serial killers and rapists, Vanity Fair reported.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Each of the three biographies—any good biography—vibrates with the intensity of its author’s possession by their subject and the thrill of exhumation, if only metaphoric.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The names Edda, Audrey (the English form of the Dutch name Edda) and Andrey (a feminine form of Andrew) can be found in different biographies, although Edda is found most frequently, according to Britannica.
—Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Throughout his time at the newspapers, Wolfson became a master at writing profiles — more than 50 biographies of lawyers and judges and nearly as many of people who weren’t lawyers, by his estimation.
—Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Artists of color have long felt pressure to capitalize on the most marginal aspects of their biographies, as white critics (most critics) have remained eager to dismiss those who address race or colonialism in their work as politically correct or identity obsessed.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
Photos of veterans and their biographies will be displayed at the center of the park and a color guard will open the event.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 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
Through their conversations, Noguera learned that Naso was well-versed in the biographies of other notorious serial killers and rapists, Vanity Fair reported.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Each of the three biographies—any good biography—vibrates with the intensity of its author’s possession by their subject and the thrill of exhumation, if only metaphoric.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The names Edda, Audrey (the English form of the Dutch name Edda) and Andrey (a feminine form of Andrew) can be found in different biographies, although Edda is found most frequently, according to Britannica.
—Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Throughout his time at the newspapers, Wolfson became a master at writing profiles — more than 50 biographies of lawyers and judges and nearly as many of people who weren’t lawyers, by his estimation.
—Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Artists of color have long felt pressure to capitalize on the most marginal aspects of their biographies, as white critics (most critics) have remained eager to dismiss those who address race or colonialism in their work as politically correct or identity obsessed.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biographies
Noun
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The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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A lot of people write memoirs and either don’t think about, or forget, that people are going to read it.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 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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“Biographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biographies. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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