as in biographies
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 memoirs
Why Harbaugh took so long to run the ball — which is his game — may be revealed in his memoirs.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
My grandfather Bob Levitt preferred political memoirs or, from time to time, a Clive Cussler.
—Nina West
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
As music memoirs go, Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ Cat on the Road to Findout couldn’t have been more aptly titled.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Also starring Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy is based on a pair of memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
For Macdonald, this most eloquent of memoirs emerged from the death of her father, photographer Alisdair MacDonald, aka Ali Mac.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
There are a lot of divorce memoirs.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the musical follows her coming-of-age story alongside her demanding stage mother Rose in the 1920s and ’30s.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
After enduring a media firestorm, multiple convictions and exonerations, countless interviews and publishing memoirs, Knox is once again sharing her story in Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
My grandfather Bob Levitt preferred political memoirs or, from time to time, a Clive Cussler.
—Nina West
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
As music memoirs go, Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ Cat on the Road to Findout couldn’t have been more aptly titled.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Also starring Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy is based on a pair of memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
For Macdonald, this most eloquent of memoirs emerged from the death of her father, photographer Alisdair MacDonald, aka Ali Mac.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
There are a lot of divorce memoirs.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the musical follows her coming-of-age story alongside her demanding stage mother Rose in the 1920s and ’30s.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
After enduring a media firestorm, multiple convictions and exonerations, countless interviews and publishing memoirs, Knox is once again sharing her story in Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirs
Noun
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Through their conversations, Noguera learned that Naso was well-versed in the biographies of other notorious serial killers and rapists, Vanity Fair reported.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Each of the three biographies—any good biography—vibrates with the intensity of its author’s possession by their subject and the thrill of exhumation, if only metaphoric.—
Megan Marshall
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Snow shared that many of her go-to books — primarily nonfiction titles, autobiographies and self-help books — have propelled her through hard moments in her life, including her divorce and her father's Alzheimer's diagnosis.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Wrapped in millennial pink while sporting desk plaques reading #girlboss and #bossbabe, she was sold through autobiographies, TED Talks, and Instagram feeds promising that hustle could turn anyone into a CEO.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Memoirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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