as in biographies
a history of a person's life
you can read a bio of the author on her home page
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Recent Examples of bios
The Presidential Reading Room is anchored with a rustic wooden study table surrounded by books — many local, Eve Ewing, Daley bios — selected by the Obamas.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
My PhD friend read the bios and listened to the interviews—his take didn’t necessarily select my official contender but helped validate my choice.
—Angela Hatem, Parents, 9 June 2026
Now creators openly identify as angel investors in their bios, and people like Maggie Sellers Reum have built entire platforms around it.
—Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The Scooby Doo quest, the heart of the night, comes complete with a 14-page manual full of character bios, clues and missions.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
In their bios, all the girls loved a good night out and were down for a good night in, and the boys all loved the gym.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
And Pinto said Robinhood’s platform spotlights its portfolio through founder interviews and bios, among other methods.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
His heroes aren’t athletes or movie stars but anonymous Twitter accounts—anime avatars and pseudonyms with cryptic bios—whose followers track their trades with devotional intensity.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
The Dude Humor Report literally labels itself as satire, and many similar pages do the same in their bios or post descriptions.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
My PhD friend read the bios and listened to the interviews—his take didn’t necessarily select my official contender but helped validate my choice.
—Angela Hatem, Parents, 9 June 2026
Now creators openly identify as angel investors in their bios, and people like Maggie Sellers Reum have built entire platforms around it.
—Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The Scooby Doo quest, the heart of the night, comes complete with a 14-page manual full of character bios, clues and missions.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
In their bios, all the girls loved a good night out and were down for a good night in, and the boys all loved the gym.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
And Pinto said Robinhood’s platform spotlights its portfolio through founder interviews and bios, among other methods.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
His heroes aren’t athletes or movie stars but anonymous Twitter accounts—anime avatars and pseudonyms with cryptic bios—whose followers track their trades with devotional intensity.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
The Dude Humor Report literally labels itself as satire, and many similar pages do the same in their bios or post descriptions.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bios
Noun
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Activists and political figures now often comb through the biographies of journalists at major institutions looking for instances of past behavior that could signal political bias.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
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Those biographies were not included in the poll release.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Another early closer – this specialty production, in which a rotating cast of celebrities read the (supposedly) unintentionally funny memoirs of other celebrities, was planned for a summer-long run, but audience lack of interest and critics’ lack of luster reviews put the kibosh on that.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 June 2026
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Her account there is excessive and loose, a counterweight to her essays and memoirs, which can seem opaque and professorial.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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“Bios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bios. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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