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
And there’s an amazing biography of Lorenz Hart called Ship Without a Sail.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
According to his biography on the United States Senate Library, McGregor served in the state Senate from 1963-1970.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works including biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton as well as accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died.
—Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Blackburn, who is also a candidate for governor, included a photograph and biography of Michael.
—Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
According to his biography on the United States Senate Library, McGregor served in the state Senate from 1963-1970.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works including biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton as well as accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died.
—Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Blackburn, who is also a candidate for governor, included a photograph and biography of Michael.
—Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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About five years later, that classmate, the writer Shane Hinton, who would become a dear and lifelong friend, sent me an email to tell me that Lidia’s essay had been published as a memoir, also titled The Chronology of Water.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Duke of Sussex, now 41, recalled his desire to get a tattoo in his memoir, Spare, on his infamous trip to Sin City — however, he was stopped by his friends.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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The movie was partially inspired by The Money Player, the autobiography of real-life ping-pong champ Marty Reisman.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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Some who had won their freedom, among them Frederick Douglass, wrote powerful autobiographies that were also devastating critiques of slavery.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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