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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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In his 2023 memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?, he revealed details of his cancer diagnosis and treatment.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

As captured in a dramatization of her bestselling 2003 memoir, she apparently thought life would continue somewhat the same as before.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Notably, Dunham in her latest memoir “Famesick” — released in April — wrote about Antonoff’s alleged romance with a “teen pop star” during their own romance.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

In his memoir he writes that he frequently recites the Shema—the central prayer in Judaism—while he is on a long drive or waiting for a plane to take off.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

“But once a decision has been made, he has an equal obligation to carry it out with all his energy and wisdom,” the president wrote in his memoir.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

She also stood by her late husband despite his notorious romantic affairs with other women, something both referred to in their memoirs.

From Barron's Jun. 6, 2026

It has been inspired by the memoirs of artist Klaus Voormann, who played bass on some Beatles records and designed the cover of their Revolver Album in 1966.

From BBC May 10, 2026

Other testimony comes from the Belgian Luc Dardenne, the Japanese Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Taiwanese Tsai Ming-liang and the memoirs of Ozu associates including screenwriter Kogo Noda.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Her former colleague Pete Hegseth, now secretary of defense, sold more than 300,000 copies of his last two books, both of which were military grievance memoirs.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2026

In his own memoirs he had selected May 15, 1776, as the most decisive moment, because that was the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for new constitutions in each of the states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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