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
Newsom, who is 58, has a memoir coming out next month.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
What’s so appealing about her new memoir, Life After Ambition, though, is its absolute avoidance of prescription.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
How Freediving Brought Me Back Into My Own Body
In this excerpt from her new memoir, Fetishized, writer Kaila Yu finds peace with her identity through freediving.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
The book, published by Bedford Square, is her sixth, and the third memoir from the British aristocrat who only began writing at age 87.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
What’s so appealing about her new memoir, Life After Ambition, though, is its absolute avoidance of prescription.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
How Freediving Brought Me Back Into My Own Body
In this excerpt from her new memoir, Fetishized, writer Kaila Yu finds peace with her identity through freediving.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
The book, published by Bedford Square, is her sixth, and the third memoir from the British aristocrat who only began writing at age 87.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoir
Noun
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As InStyle previously reported, Penny Junor’s biography The Duchess describes scenes of discomfort and all-but-smooth sailing.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Jan. 2026
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There have been countless reissues, new biographies (including my own), and documentaries about him.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
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The movie was partially inspired by The Money Player, the autobiography of real-life ping-pong champ Marty Reisman.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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Some who had won their freedom, among them Frederick Douglass, wrote powerful autobiographies that were also devastating critiques of slavery.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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