as in biographies
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 memoirs
Jay Swanson, creator of the Paris in My Pocket travel guide and author of two memoirs, including the upcoming 'Desert of the New,' about building a life in Paris over more than a decade.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 31 May 2026
In those meetings, Stagg’s findings would often provide a contrast to Crick, whose memoirs were also used.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
But yeah, that was one for the memoirs.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 29 May 2026
At issue in the case are audio recordings and transcripts of Biden’s interviews at his home in 2016 and 2017 with Mark Zwonitzer, who worked with Biden on his two memoirs.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
Ferrer’s memoirs are nuanced and deeply insightful, if sometimes a little too close to hagiography.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
The simple, linear narrative structure of WWE conversion memoirs and the Kardashian narrative—tales of struggle and triumph—is common to both media enterprises.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Created by Eugene Pack and co-created by Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography features stars reading — and dramatically acting out — excerpts from famous memoirs, leaning into the unintentionally funny, overly revealing and often absurd moments found within their pages.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Eve Chen, USA Today, 31 May 2026
In those meetings, Stagg’s findings would often provide a contrast to Crick, whose memoirs were also used.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
But yeah, that was one for the memoirs.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 29 May 2026
At issue in the case are audio recordings and transcripts of Biden’s interviews at his home in 2016 and 2017 with Mark Zwonitzer, who worked with Biden on his two memoirs.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
Ferrer’s memoirs are nuanced and deeply insightful, if sometimes a little too close to hagiography.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
The simple, linear narrative structure of WWE conversion memoirs and the Kardashian narrative—tales of struggle and triumph—is common to both media enterprises.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Created by Eugene Pack and co-created by Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography features stars reading — and dramatically acting out — excerpts from famous memoirs, leaning into the unintentionally funny, overly revealing and often absurd moments found within their pages.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirs
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Now Nicholas Fox Weber, the executive director of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation for more than four decades, as well as the author of previous biographies on the artists Balthus and Le Corbusier, seeks to remedy this oversight with an intimate new biography.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
9 May 2026
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Artists who aim to be as enigmatic as Allen often refrain from discussing their biographies, since doing so might impose an unwanted reading on the work.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Hanks' wife Rita Wilson stars in and co-produces the new show, which features an ever-changing lineup of entertainment, politicians and athletes who read and act out excerpts from other celebrities' autobiographies.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Memoirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirs. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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