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memoir

noun

ˈmem-ˌwär

Definition of memoir

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 In her memoir released earlier this year, Panettiere acknowledged being addicted to alcohol and having postpartum depression after her daughter’s birth in 2014. — Andrew Dalton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 The claim was made this week by Charles Spencer himself, the ninth Earl Spencer, in Swan Song, his controversial memoir about his sister Princess Diana. — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Charles Spencer looks back on his childhood in Swan Song, a memoir about his late sister, Princess Diana. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026 In an excerpt from his new memoir, the journalist Evan Gershkovich writes about the cellmate who taught him the codes of Russian prison. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for memoir

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The latter outlet noted that Maimiti and Raiatua had not been previously mentioned in Brando’s biographies and were 28 and 23 when the On the Waterfront star died in 2004.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
It was packed with tiny biographies, poetry, words of gratitude and drawings (especially of the sweet resident cats).

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

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Ever since 1994’s Little Odessa, James Gray has been chronicling the lives of New York’s outer-borough residents in films that crossbreed autobiography with genre.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
In his autobiography, Olivier admits to feeling guilt and self-loathing over the red-hot affair, especially since his wife was pregnant with their son Tarquin.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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