ghosting

present participle of ghost

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ghosting The more often people talk about ghosting, the more people seem to ghost. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ghosting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghosting
Verb
  • Mahomes is also padding his long list of sponsors, partnering with Airbnb and Hublot and agreeing to autograph Panini trading cards for the first time in five years.
    Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Still, after whupping the White Sox 10-4 on Thursday night, Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger asserted that there's no shame in padding the record against low-quality competition, which is objectively true.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Another client, a senior executive negotiating a promotion, felt the old narrative of 'don’t ask for too much' creeping in mid-discussion.
    Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Fire was backing and creeping throughout the night.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nicholas Stevens, vice president of product for AI and home loans at Zillow, offered a concrete example of where the company is on this maturity scale—which, to my ear, sounded like Level 1 edging into Level 2.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This popular edging plant produces a flush of white flowers that nearly cover the strappy foliage.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Ghosting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghosting. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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