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bios

noun

Definition of bios

plural of bio

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 About 1 in 8 cite their personal experience in their social media bios and nearly 1 in 6 do not mention anything about their background or expertise. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 Amy is an extremely specific archetype within Wasia, a cosmopolite who floats through a stratosphere of international schools and three-city Instagram bios. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Review their bios, information on their organizations and recent news, and familiarize yourself with their photos. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Dating apps aren’t just for twenty-somethings swiping their way through bad dates and worse bios. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026 Bateman has no need for bios, preferring to work off the script alone. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 At the time of publication, no mentions of Katseye appear in Manon’s social media bios. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 25 June 2026 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. — 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

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Braun writes that popular volumes included Bibles, farming and health manuals, biographies, and fiction.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2026
This flawed but very entertaining two-hander belongs in the unique subgenre of literary biographies in which a cult author’s life is investigated through the highly specific prism of their work.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of biographies

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As literature scholar and archivist Jolie Braun writes, drawing on three memoirs from this era, women in that line of work had some distinct advantages but also faced serious hardships, both physical and social.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2026
Mandela’s second volume of memoirs was unfinished at the time of his death in 2013.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026

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