as in biography
an account of a person's life written by the person it is about
I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.
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It’s billed as a memoir and basically is, but Wolf intentionally didn’t want to do a same-old rock autobiography.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Pistorius’ harrowing true story may be known to those who have read his autobiography, seen his TEDx Talk or listened to an episode of NPR’s Invisibilia that received some attention back in 2015.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Wills was made to introspect, to write an autobiography.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Young had just penned his autobiography, was in the process of writing a children’s book and had finished working on a song for Future Youth Records, Jensen said.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Pistorius’ harrowing true story may be known to those who have read his autobiography, seen his TEDx Talk or listened to an episode of NPR’s Invisibilia that received some attention back in 2015.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Wills was made to introspect, to write an autobiography.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Young had just penned his autobiography, was in the process of writing a children’s book and had finished working on a song for Future Youth Records, Jensen said.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for autobiography
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“Autobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autobiography. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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