as in biography
a history of a person's life
the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight
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Recent Examples of memoir
Closer to home, Biden has started on the outline for his memoirs.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
How much of this is true—either in the stories Hecht managed to plant in the newspapers or in his memoir, published almost 30 years later—is anyone’s guess.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
That book is his new memoir Fahrenheit-182 (out April 8), which details the rollercoaster ride of Blink-182, his relationship with bandmates Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker and his harrowing experience battling cancer.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In 2021 it was revealed that Cuomo had aides work on his pandemic memoir.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
How much of this is true—either in the stories Hecht managed to plant in the newspapers or in his memoir, published almost 30 years later—is anyone’s guess.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
That book is his new memoir Fahrenheit-182 (out April 8), which details the rollercoaster ride of Blink-182, his relationship with bandmates Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker and his harrowing experience battling cancer.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In 2021 it was revealed that Cuomo had aides work on his pandemic memoir.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoir
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The wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Defense Department at one point temporarily removed training videos recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen and an online biography of Jackie Robinson.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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In 1999, she was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and her autobiography, This is My Story; This Is My Song, was published in 2019.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Publisher Penguin Random House says Hope is the first autobiography published by a pope, and was initially intended to appear only after Francis' death.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Memoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoir. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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