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noun

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Recent Examples of tell-all
Noun
Wynn-Williams’ book does possess a feature common to tell-all memoirs. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025 Prince Harry ‘has an uncertain future’ after tell-alls: royal expert True Royalty TV co-founder Nick Bullen tells Fox News Digital that after a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, a six-part Netflix docuseries and a memoir, the Duke of Sussex needs to focus on his future. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025 Still, readers expecting a salacious tell-all about commune living should likely look elsewhere. Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025 Royal sources suggested to Eden that this fact could be used to discourage Meghan and Harry from writing, producing or participating in any more tell-all books, Netflix specials or Oprah Winfrey-style interviews. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tell-all
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tell-all
Adjective
  • Those were just some of the yet-unheard pieces of evidence brought to light in the case suggesting intimate involvement of Newsmax's top executives and talent in programming decisions.
    Maddy Lauria, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The actor skillfully plays nine different roles using props, tone, and mannerisms to differentiate the characters, with the compact setting making the action feel all the more intimate.
    Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Just a Bit Outside chronicles the ups and downs of the team’s almost-championship season.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
  • With a dynamic curation of decorative items, ranging from antique Spanish ceramic vessels to contemporary designs, the concept store, which was the brainchild of Loewe’s creative director Jonathan Anderson, is the latest installment in Loewe’s chronicle of an art collector’s home.
    Denni Hu, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Tom Hollander stars as Truman Capote, who manages to scandalize the entire Manhattan social scene by writing a viciously gossipy novel about them.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The four movies do not feel like traditional Oscar favorites, though A Complete Unknown (a music biopic about Bob Dylan) and Conclave (a gossipy drama about the selection of a new pope) come closest.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And if the pensions are sweetened for current employees’ past service, why not pay the cost in the current year?
    Ted Dabrowski, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
  • After erasing her past, Ariana Grande is looking well into her future in a new teaser for her Brighter Days Ahead short film.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Wood floors, woven baskets, and breezy curtains introduce informal textures to the lush blend.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Often suggested for informal work socials or networking events, smart casual style revolves around building an outfit that’s relaxed yet still professional.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Zoom in: The finalists include works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and memoir/autobiography.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Bobby Rush Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook The unparalleled blues guitarist/vocalist, now in his 80s, recently published his autobiography.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The result was one of the most transformative kitchen appliances in history, not because of new technology but because someone recognized an everyday problem—slow, inefficient cooking—applied a seemingly unrelated observation, and created a solution.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
    Khloe Quill, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Her bookcase displays her many publications: her psychobiography of the poet Robert Lowell, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her books on suicide, on exuberance and on the connection between mania and artistic genius.
    Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 22 May 2023
  • First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson.
    Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022

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