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biographer

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Recent Examples of biographer Accomplished biographer Barbara Ransby rights the historical record. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 And according to one royal biographer, their efforts appear to be paying off. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026 The lavish collection includes a foreword by royal journalist and biographer Tina Brown, who spent one-on-one time with the late princess during a lunch at the Four Seasons in New York just weeks before her death. — Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 The film draws on previously unheard recorded conversations between Pratt and his biographer, Dominique Petitfaux, whose book of interviews with the artist supplies the film’s title. — Jd Linville, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biographer

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Only the boy’s early obsession with the keyboard—initially discouraged by his parents—pointed to his destiny as a globe-trotting concert pianist, a composer in the major classical genres, and a fluent essayist and autobiographer to boot.

— Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024

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In her latest book, Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues that Big Tech now controls the United States—and, by extension, the entire planet.

— Nina Verdelli, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
Coffin burials date back even further, but historians have many hyphotheses for why the tradition has carried through to today.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

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