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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And yet a joint biography is the only kind that feels appropriate; posthumously disentangling one brother from the other seems tantamount to desecrating a corpse, for Jacob and Wilhelm were ardently inseparable.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
These comments are detailed in an upcoming biography of McConnell, The Price of Power, written by the Associated Press deputy Washington bureau chief, Michael Tackett, according to ABC News.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In examining this aspect of Caillebotte’s biography, Perrin wants to give visitors all the facts.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The two women, who had been friends, were also unknowingly at the same Austin hospital around the same time, according to the biography of Musk by author Walter Isaacson.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
These comments are detailed in an upcoming biography of McConnell, The Price of Power, written by the Associated Press deputy Washington bureau chief, Michael Tackett, according to ABC News.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In examining this aspect of Caillebotte’s biography, Perrin wants to give visitors all the facts.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The two women, who had been friends, were also unknowingly at the same Austin hospital around the same time, according to the biography of Musk by author Walter Isaacson.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Biography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biography. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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