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
McCurdy and Stoner each end their memoirs proud of having emerged into saner adulthoods.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The outcome may influence how post-service access and disclosure rules are applied—and whether future memoirs face tighter scrutiny.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
A lot of people write memoirs and either don’t think about, or forget, that people are going to read it.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Regina has lots of experience shaping and selling memoirs to publishers.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
In one of her memoirs, Keaton wrote about aging and love in Hollywood and becoming a parent late in life.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Why Harbaugh took so long to run the ball — which is his game — may be revealed in his memoirs.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The outcome may influence how post-service access and disclosure rules are applied—and whether future memoirs face tighter scrutiny.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
A lot of people write memoirs and either don’t think about, or forget, that people are going to read it.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Regina has lots of experience shaping and selling memoirs to publishers.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
In one of her memoirs, Keaton wrote about aging and love in Hollywood and becoming a parent late in life.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Why Harbaugh took so long to run the ball — which is his game — may be revealed in his memoirs.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirs
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Music biographies often follow a non-fussy trajectory, rallying their base with nostalgic re-creations of big concert moments and a sturdy timeline that begins with an idol’s birth and ending on a critical juncture in its subject’s life or even death.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, previous biographies of Baldwin, perhaps because they were written by people who knew him, David Leeming the most intimately, become his collaborators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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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 29 Oct. 2025.
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