as in memoir
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 biography
His photo and biography still appeared on HSA’s website Friday.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Borders was an artist and associate therapist who believed in the healing power of creative expression, according to an online biography shared by their workplace.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
After graduating from the Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering, McCasland was commissioned to serve in 1979, according to his military biography.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
This beach town may be best known for its old-school boardwalk, but a splashy new $350 million entertainment district called Atlantic Park is rewriting Atlantic Beach's biography.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Borders was an artist and associate therapist who believed in the healing power of creative expression, according to an online biography shared by their workplace.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
After graduating from the Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering, McCasland was commissioned to serve in 1979, according to his military biography.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
This beach town may be best known for its old-school boardwalk, but a splashy new $350 million entertainment district called Atlantic Park is rewriting Atlantic Beach's biography.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
Noun
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The abstract memoir of Bini’s life as a film editor and storyteller.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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The book market of a new country—Russia—was flooded with memoirs of repression and camp testimony, along with émigré and avant-garde writing, much of it never published before.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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For forty years, Ross McElwee has made documentaries which blend autobiography and cultural observation.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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The movie is based on Gavin Bain’s autobiography California Schemin‘ (later reissued as Straight Outta Scotland) and was previously adapted into the 2013 SXSW documentary The Great Hip Hop Hoax.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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