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autobiography

[aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-] / ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /


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She remained involved in her daughter's life and added in her recent autobiography that "despite it all, the bond I have with Kaya is incredibly strong".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

In his 2002 autobiography, “Interesting Times,” Hobsbawm claimed not to remember any personal antisemitism as a schoolboy in Vienna.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

“I was never looking to her thinking that this was autobiography or anything,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

But Belafonte’s celebrity exacted a toll, as he documented in a late-life autobiography that Mr. Jelly-Schapiro draws on heavily.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Anyone truly familiar with my father’s ideology, autobiography, and speeches sincerely understands the significance of the now- famous phrase.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

She watched as much soccer as she could and read player autobiographies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

What if autobiographies or books about history are more your thing?

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The book’s leading actors have been subjects of biographies and autobiographies, and most events have been exhaustively covered in scholarly and popular histories and articles as well as media reports.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Chapter 9 is about Frederick Douglass and identity-aware liberalism, as expressed through his autobiographies.

From Salon Nov. 10, 2024

Considered by many to be one of the best military autobiographies in history, Grant’s life story was a bestseller.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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