biographer

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as in autobiographer

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Recent Examples of biographer Beatty’s biographer, Peter Biskind, also famously estimated that the number of women Beatty had slept with could be as high as 12,275. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026 Beatty’s biographer, Peter Biskind, also famously estimated that the number of women Beatty had slept with could be as high as 12,275. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 June 2026 Antonia Fraser, the biographer and historian, will be present, as will Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and one of the most influential voices in transatlantic media. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 June 2026 In addition to Burns at Columbia, Rand and her group were instrumental in helping hone Greenspan's capitalist, free-market economic philosophy, according to Martin, Greenspan's biographer. — Patricio Chile, ABC News, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for biographer
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historian
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  • Indeed, the role of first lady has long been traditional — so much so that historians note the exceptions, such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Much of the report focuses on historian Anthea Hartig, who has led the National Museum of American History since 2019 and is the museum's first female director.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 July 2026
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