as in memoir
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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Image Homage to Frida For the company’s most recent jewelry collection, introduced in April 2024, Ms. Sotelo’s creative team immersed itself in Frida Kahlo biographies and her diary and letters, to come up with designs that the artist, who died in 1954, might wear today.
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Janelle Conaway, New York Times, 20 May 2025
The documentary serves partly as biography of Orwell, who was born Eric Arthur Blair in what is now the state of Bihar in India.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 May 2025
According to his biography, Strouse was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ira and Ethel (Newman) Strouse.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 May 2025
Sister, Sinner - The Miraculous Life And Mysterious Disappearance Of Aimee Semple McPherson
By Claire Hoffman
Claire Hoffman begins Sister, Sinner, her new biography of McPherson, with a play-by-play description of the day the evangelist went missing.
—Dorothy Fortenberry, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
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Janelle Conaway, New York Times, 20 May 2025
The documentary serves partly as biography of Orwell, who was born Eric Arthur Blair in what is now the state of Bihar in India.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 May 2025
According to his biography, Strouse was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ira and Ethel (Newman) Strouse.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 May 2025
Sister, Sinner - The Miraculous Life And Mysterious Disappearance Of Aimee Semple McPherson
By Claire Hoffman
Claire Hoffman begins Sister, Sinner, her new biography of McPherson, with a play-by-play description of the day the evangelist went missing.
—Dorothy Fortenberry, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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First lady Melania Trump is launching an audiobook of her memoir using artificial intelligence (AI) audio technology in multiple languages, Fox News Digital has learned.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2025
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Old Spice spokesman, high-end furniture designer, accomplished painter and author of a memoir.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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On the eve of Putin’s election in May 2000, the Kremlin published an autobiography and released a documentary packed with heartwarming anecdotes about Putin’s childhood and daily life.—
Peter Rutland,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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In 2010, Gilbert published her autobiography Prairie Tale: A Memoir.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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