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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
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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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According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.—
Ben Tarnoff,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Royal biographer Robert Hardman also sees a bit of Queen Elizabeth II in the young royal, who is the late monarch's great-granddaughter.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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Associated Press writer David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany, contributed to this report.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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When the student was identified as White, the feedback more often focused on argument structure, evidence and clarity — the kinds of comments that can push writers to strengthen their ideas.—
Rachel del Guidice,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The research team, which includes study coauthor Ximena Nelson, a professor of animal behavior at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, systematically tracked social interactions, aggressive encounters, feeding access, grooming behavior and stress hormone levels.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Apr. 2026
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Lower-potency products are typically 5 to 10 milligrams per gram of THC, study coauthor Tom Freeman, a professor in the department of psychology and director of the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, told me in an email.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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Scott Quigley, a loyal minion of yet another septuagenarian Democrat hack DA, Marian Ryan of Middlesex County.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s no denying that Renny Harlin, in his utilitarian action-hack way, has some chops.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Ghostwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostwriter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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