ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
Examples of ghost town in a Sentence
After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Crazy how half in our area are very nice and the other half are ghost towns.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, LV Petroleum Chief Executive Kris Roach shared his plans for the state-line ghost town.
—Jasmine Mendez
follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
But over the years, the once vibrant shopping center became more of a ghost town.
—Amanda Rosa
may 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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