- plural of memoir.
memoirs
Britishplural noun
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a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources
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an autobiographical record
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a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc
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Prime ministerial memoirs tell the stories of how central a moment it is in the week of any occupant of 10 Downing Street.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Davis now says he was in Los Angeles the night of the Shakur killing and that he has never even read his own memoirs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
One of her biggest writers is the author-activist Glennon Doyle, who has chronicled addiction, divorce and an unexpected romance with soccer player Abby Wambach across a string of blockbuster self-help memoirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"A new world was coming—and I wanted to be part of it," Elizabeth said in her memoirs.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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