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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Recent Examples of autobiography
Given Hunter had revealed in his autobiography that his annual salary was £12,500, this was enormous money.
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Michael Walker, New York Times, 9 May 2025
In recent decades, as food has claimed pop-culture status, culinary autobiography has become a familiar genre.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Michael Jackson doted over what a dedicated mother Katherine is in his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 May 2025
Adams estimated in her 1989 autobiography, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC, that the unit averaged 65,000 pieces of mail per shift.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
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Michael Walker, New York Times, 9 May 2025
In recent decades, as food has claimed pop-culture status, culinary autobiography has become a familiar genre.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Michael Jackson doted over what a dedicated mother Katherine is in his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 May 2025
Adams estimated in her 1989 autobiography, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC, that the unit averaged 65,000 pieces of mail per shift.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
biography
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His biography claims that Loyd also served in the U.S. Navy, on a tour during the Vietnam War.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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According to Shawn Levy’s 1996 biography of the comedian, publicist Joan O’Brien came up with the idea for the story in the early 1960s, then co-wrote a script with critic Charles Denton.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
31 May 2025
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