: a written account (such as a biography) that contains revealing and often scandalous information
tell-all
adjective
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Employees and intimates wrote tell-all books, stole memorabilia and blackmailed her.
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Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
From their first meeting to her tell-all memoir, here's a look back at Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's relationship.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump's orders revoked the security clearances for Christopher Krebs, the former head of DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Miles Taylor, a former senior DHS official who wrote a highly critical tell-all book about his time in Trump's first administration.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Covering their reunion is Sunny, a Black journalist who has a personal connection to Opal, and is determined to land the tell-all story behind the pair.
—Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
From their first meeting to her tell-all memoir, here's a look back at Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's relationship.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump's orders revoked the security clearances for Christopher Krebs, the former head of DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Miles Taylor, a former senior DHS official who wrote a highly critical tell-all book about his time in Trump's first administration.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Covering their reunion is Sunny, a Black journalist who has a personal connection to Opal, and is determined to land the tell-all story behind the pair.
—Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Tell-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tell-all. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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