biographical
adjective
bio·graph·i·cal
ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 
variants
or less commonly biographic
1
: of, relating to, or constituting biography
2
: consisting of biographies
a biographical dictionary
3
: relating to a list briefly identifying persons
biographical notes
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Who’s Who in the Cast Broadway biographical notes—with apologies to Playbill.
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Steve Martin, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
Best known for playing Ramón Arellano Félix in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico alongside Diego Luna, Michael Peña, Bad Bunny and Scoot McNairy, his credits also include Univision telenovela La Rosa de Guadalupe and biographical drama series La Guzmán.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
These documents were used to create a detailed database listing the dead, the wounded, their ages and biographical details, which apartment each one was in at the time of the strike and which family members were not present in the building at the time.
—NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
This body of work refuses a clear biographical reading as well as an obvious feminist one.
—Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Steve Martin, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
Best known for playing Ramón Arellano Félix in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico alongside Diego Luna, Michael Peña, Bad Bunny and Scoot McNairy, his credits also include Univision telenovela La Rosa de Guadalupe and biographical drama series La Guzmán.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
These documents were used to create a detailed database listing the dead, the wounded, their ages and biographical details, which apartment each one was in at the time of the strike and which family members were not present in the building at the time.
—NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
This body of work refuses a clear biographical reading as well as an obvious feminist one.
—Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for biographical
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“Biographical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biographical. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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