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Recent Examples of ghostwriter
The ghostwriter’s job is to channel the voice of someone else.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
And yet, in the last chapter of her ghostwritten book, Whoopi Goldberg acknowledges some misgivings about using a ghostwriter.
—Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
The author is a ghostwriter, writing coach and former Times contributor.
—Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But today, language generators can churn out language for appropriation, more cheaply and quickly than a human ghostwriter could.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
It was written alongside ghostwriter Judith Perrignon, translated into English by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver, and published by Penguin Press.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Whether the ghostwriter is human or an artificial intelligence tool doesn’t matter.
—Julian Givi, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
This adaptation of her psychological thriller stars Dakota Johnson as a ghostwriter, Anne Hathaway as the best-selling author she’s hired to help, and Josh Hartnett as Hathaway’s hunky husband, who might just be hiding something.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
And yet, in the last chapter of her ghostwritten book, Whoopi Goldberg acknowledges some misgivings about using a ghostwriter.
—Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
The author is a ghostwriter, writing coach and former Times contributor.
—Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But today, language generators can churn out language for appropriation, more cheaply and quickly than a human ghostwriter could.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
It was written alongside ghostwriter Judith Perrignon, translated into English by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver, and published by Penguin Press.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Whether the ghostwriter is human or an artificial intelligence tool doesn’t matter.
—Julian Givi, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
This adaptation of her psychological thriller stars Dakota Johnson as a ghostwriter, Anne Hathaway as the best-selling author she’s hired to help, and Josh Hartnett as Hathaway’s hunky husband, who might just be hiding something.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
Noun
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Powering the portable scribbler is 1.7-GHz dual-core processing supported by 2 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Sep. 2025
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All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
Noun
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At least one of his cowriter nominees, Mehdi Mahmoudian, was unable to leave Iran to attend Sunday’s awards.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Zamiri and Aitchison worked closely with cowriter Bertie Brandes to crack the movie, which chronicles a dramatic shift for Charli as an artist, as people start to see her in a different light.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Meacham is a historian and biographer.—
Time,
Time,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Romance writers never write about their real life — right?—
Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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They were briefly paused to allow the studios to finish negotiations with the writers’ union.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Study coauthor Lydia Zotkina, an expert in stone tool production and usage, carried out the experiment.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Staci Hill is the cofounder of Gooseberry Bridge Farm, and coauthor of The Preserver’s Garden.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
Noun
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But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With the Phillies down three in the ninth, Schwarber let four consecutive sinkers from Soto go by rather than take a hack and try to make something happen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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The Bottom Line On Jalapeño Sauvignon Blanc Jalapeño Sauvignon Blanc started as a viral wine hack, but its 2026 upgrade makes the trend more interesting.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Ghostwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostwriter. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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