ghostwrite

verb ghost·write \ ˈgōs(t)-ˌrīt \

|Updated on: 6 Jun 2018

Examples: ghostwrite in a Sentence

Definition of ghostwrite

ghostwrote play \ˈgōs(t)-ˌrōt\; ghostwritten play \ˈgōs(t)-ˌri-tᵊn\

intransitive verb

: to write for and in the name of another

transitive verb

: to write (a speech, a book, etc.) for another who is the presumed or credited author

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ghostwriter

noun

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Examples of ghostwrite in a Sentence

She was hired to ghostwrite the mayor's autobiography.

Recent Examples of ghostwrite from the Web

Two-hour premiere introduces Plum Kettle (Joy Nash), who ghostwrites the column of a fashionable, but possibly only semiliterate, magazine editor (The Good Wife’s Julianna Margulies).

— ellen gray, Philly.com, "TV picks: 'Succession,' 'Pose,' 'Dietland,' 'Younger' and more," 1 June 2018
And unlike Meek Mill, Pusha wasn’t relying on the ghostwriting barbs that were already proven to be insignificant to fans.

— Billboard, "Did Pusha T Beat Drake at His Own Game With Vicious 'The Story of Adidon'?," 31 May 2018
Lyra is the author of multiple YA novels, including the I Hunt Killers story, and Baden is a social media expert who has ghostwritten several YA novels.

— andy lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, "Jennifer Beals-Inspired YA Novel Set for 2019," 22 May 2018
Trump 101: The Way to Success: The 2006 book, ghostwritten by Meredith McIver, offers advice and includes quotations from Trump.

— jessica estepa, USA TODAY, "President Trump still makes money from these books and TV/movie appearances," 16 May 2018
In the last decade, an entire industry geared towards ghostwriting papers for students of all levels has appeared, allowing grade, college, and graduate students to cheaply purchase work to pass their classes.

— andrew liptak, The Verge, "YouTube removed hundreds of videos that promoted a homework cheating site," 6 May 2018
Inside Facebook, there are communications professionals dedicated to reviewing and ghostwriting his posts, and helping him craft and maintain this profile, which has more than 105 million followers.

— jessi hempel, WIRED, "The Irreversible Damage of Mark Zuckerberg’s Silence," 21 Mar. 2018
In April 1789, James Madison, a member of the House of Representatives and a trusted friend of George Washington, ghostwrote the new president’s opening message to Congress.

— susan dunn, New York Times, "James Madison’s Zigzag Path," 1 Nov. 2017
The beloved books have been ghostwritten by a series of authors and published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.

— lesley goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Nancy Drew' Reboot Being Redeveloped at NBC," 16 Oct. 2017

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