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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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In her memoirs, Leah wrote of receiving gold medals, watches, and diamonds from Ohio’s spiritualists.

From Literature

In his 2024 memoir, Clinton wrote that he "had always thought Epstein was odd but had no inkling of the crimes he was committing".

From BBC

“I wasn’t that crazy about algebra, and I did not fully master it, but geometry was something that just came naturally to me,” she wrote in a 2020 memoir, “It Began With a Dream.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Kacie Rose, a former professional dancer, shares vignettes of her new life in Italy that she compiled into a bestselling memoir, “You Deserve Good Gelato.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Fiercely protective of his privacy, Tejero kept away from the press and never published his memoirs.

From Barron's