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biography

[bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee-] / baɪˈɒg rə fi, bi- /


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In a 2015 biography, author Ashlee Vance described Musk as "a confrontational know-it-all" with an "abundant ego".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“His conservative approach left both the papers and its employees somewhat unprepared for the realities of the internet,” said Thomas Maier, who wrote a 1994 biography of the family.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Aidan Levy’s 2022 biography “Saxophone Colossus” describes Rollins weeping when he got the news.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Instead, Gallrein simply functioned as an anthropomorphized biography.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

When she was eighteen, inflamed by a biography of Florence Nightingale, she enrolled as a student nurse at St. Rose’s Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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