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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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I used this as an excuse to reread his autobiography, which is frequently hilarious, and tried to revisit all his recent interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

That year she published an autobiography, called Straight from the Heart.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Moviegoers should be careful not to read too much autobiography into an actor’s creative choices, but Jolie makes such speculation tantalizing, adding additional layers of drama to her films.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

After a few years, Greenspan became the firm’s principal owner and its president, according to his autobiography.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

He felt ashamed about all of this and confessed these incidents in his autobiography, which he wrote as an old man.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

Morgan later discovered her fears were unfounded, with both Halliwell and Beckham mentioning her fondly in their autobiographies and wondering what had happened to her after she left the group.

From BBC Jul. 8, 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

“The projections mirror and amplify that as part of the visual vocabulary, whether that’s Douglass’ newspaper articles or autobiographies, or the text of the Emancipation Proclamation.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 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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