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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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In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Famous Boston fund manager Jeremy Grantham recalled in his autobiography one of his first forays into stock picking as a young man.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

A year later, what he anticipated as a collection of stories became an autobiography titled Did I Ever Tell you This?

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

The Discourse is a strange work because it is both autobiography and philosophy; Descartes teaches us how to think by telling us the steps he went through in learning how to think.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

So I love to look for vegan books, nutrition books, rock biographies and autobiographies.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 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

"In fact she wrote two autobiographies herself so the story is out there but although she was known completely throughout the Commonwealth she is hardly known today which is sad."

From BBC Nov. 10, 2024

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

From Salon Nov. 10, 2024

In their autobiographies, they recounted great races in intimate detail, but falls and injuries were glossed over with the most perfunctory language.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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