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 his memoir Spare, published in 2023, Prince Harry speculated if there was a spiritual significance to finding a hummingbird in the house following the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth in September 2022.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 12 May 2025
Her memoir is a loving ode to the culture embodied by artisans working to preserve their traditional crafts.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Sarah Wynn-Williams’s damning memoir of working at Facebook exposes the predatory cupidity of the company’s executives.
—Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2025
Tina Knowles is also on a nine-city tour for her memoir.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Janine Henni, People.com, 12 May 2025
Her memoir is a loving ode to the culture embodied by artisans working to preserve their traditional crafts.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Tablets: Secrets of the Clay by Dunya Mikhail Sue Halpern
For the Love of Money
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s damning memoir of working at Facebook exposes the predatory cupidity of the company’s executives.
—Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2025
Tina Knowles is also on a nine-city tour for her memoir.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoir
Noun
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Twain therefore presents a tantalizing challenge for literary biography: to explain how someone able to spot and depict frailties of conscience, character, and judgment in others could be so powerless to correct them in himself.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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Ron Chernow writes books about men of great ambition ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant to financier J.P. Morgan — his biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the long-running Broadway musical — and is an expert chronicler of fame’s highs and lows.—
Mary Ann Gwinn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Her hardscrabble upbringing in Kentucky, immortalized in her autobiography and its film version (starring Sissy Spacek as Lynn in an Oscar-winning role), seemed to drive her unapologetic approach to music.—
Lindsay Kusiak,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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After years of denying the allegations, Rose finally admitted to betting on baseball teams, including his own, in his 2004 autobiography, Pete Rose: My Story.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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“Memoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoir. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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