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
Background images, product galleries, bios and before-and-after visuals all help enhance the user experience.
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Anthony Savino, Forbes.com, 28 May 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
Instagram’s lack of caption linking has led people to use third-party services like Linktree, which allow creators to add external links in their bios.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The paper ran 10 photos and bios on the front page, and several of the men were soon turned in.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Anthony Savino, Forbes.com, 28 May 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
Instagram’s lack of caption linking has led people to use third-party services like Linktree, which allow creators to add external links in their bios.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The paper ran 10 photos and bios on the front page, and several of the men were soon turned in.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bios
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Now Nicholas Fox Weber, the executive director of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation for more than four decades, as well as the author of previous biographies on the artists Balthus and Le Corbusier, seeks to remedy this oversight with an intimate new biography.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
9 May 2026
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Artists who aim to be as enigmatic as Allen often refrain from discussing their biographies, since doing so might impose an unwanted reading on the work.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Jay Swanson, creator of the Paris in My Pocket travel guide and author of two memoirs, including the upcoming 'Desert of the New,' about building a life in Paris over more than a decade.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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In those meetings, Stagg’s findings would often provide a contrast to Crick, whose memoirs were also used.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
29 May 2026
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“Bios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bios. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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