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Recent Examples of ghosting
The more often people talk about ghosting, the more people seem to ghost.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghosting
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Perhaps this isn’t new—Star Wars has been taking small moments from the original trilogy and padding them out for decades now—almost everything seen on screen in those first three films has been resurrected, fleshed out with backstories and unnecessary details.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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The stock closed at a record high of $237 — padding out year-to-date gains to 117%.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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The vote comes as communities around the country debate how to handle increasingly large data centers creeping into populated areas.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated June 8,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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With summer finally creeping into New England, the humidity was high and the rain was occasionally intense.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Other regulators are edging toward the same idea.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Headquartered in Las Vegas, Capriotti’s is steadily edging into the Boise area.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
12 June 2026
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“Ghosting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghosting. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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