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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One claim from the new biography is that more than 40 women were brought to his hotel during a stay in Bangkok in 2006.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2025
Townsend Handles Ostapenko Insults With Gibson Grace Part of Gibson’s biography includes overcoming racial discrimination.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
While skittishly edited, the film nevertheless builds up Faithfull’s biography in basic chronological order.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
But with all of her achievements, why go there so quickly in her biography?
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2025
Townsend Handles Ostapenko Insults With Gibson Grace Part of Gibson’s biography includes overcoming racial discrimination.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
While skittishly edited, the film nevertheless builds up Faithfull’s biography in basic chronological order.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
But with all of her achievements, why go there so quickly in her biography?
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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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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Elsewhere there will be Waiting For the Out, the adaptation of Andy West’s memoir written by Dennis Kelly about a philosopher teaching prisoners concepts such as dominance and free will only to have his own past unravel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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In her autobiography, Gibson wrote about biding her time rather than choosing to agitate.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Like her other books comprising private connections and recollections, Romano preferred to call Le parole a novel rather than a memoir or autobiography, seeing the distinction between fact and fiction as an irrelevant one for literature.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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