as in biography
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 memoir
Brody is the author of the memoir Playing Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 July 2025
Osbourne discusses the end of his music career in his upcoming memoir, Last Rites, whichwill be released in the fall.
—Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 22 July 2025
Down Below freely mixes memoir with a kind of unsparing fantasy.
—Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
But history offers a playbook for dark times By Adam Hochschild
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The Road Less Fact-Checked After triumphing over adversity and disease, Raynor Winn wrote a memoir, The Salt Path, that became a sensation in England.
—Air Mail, 19 July 2025
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 July 2025
Osbourne discusses the end of his music career in his upcoming memoir, Last Rites, whichwill be released in the fall.
—Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 22 July 2025
Down Below freely mixes memoir with a kind of unsparing fantasy.
—Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
But history offers a playbook for dark times By Adam Hochschild
Read On
Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Fact and Fiction
The Road Less Fact-Checked After triumphing over adversity and disease, Raynor Winn wrote a memoir, The Salt Path, that became a sensation in England.
—Air Mail, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoir
Noun
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Top 5 adult biographies borrowed in Indianapolis 1.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
21 July 2025
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Humphreys’ biography of Washington, written around 1786, sheds light on the future president’s experiences during the French and Indian War.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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Throughout her astutely observed and utterly captivating autobiography, which was originally published in 1983, Blouin charts her harrowing youth and extensive engagement with various African leaders and independence movements during the mid-20th century.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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The designer published his autobiography, continued to lecture about fashion.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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