ghostwriter

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Recent Examples of ghostwriter Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president’s interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents. Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026 Joe Biden sued the DOJ to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of conversations with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 27 May 2026 Former President Joe Biden is suing the Justice Department in an attempt to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from private interviews with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. Tiago Ventura, Time, 27 May 2026 The young professionals who thrive here treat AI as a sparring partner rather than a ghostwriter. Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 Following backlash from his former costars, the actor retracted the claims and said he was taken advantage of by a ghostwriter. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 May 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
Noun
  • 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
  • All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Waititi and cowriter Dahvi Waller were able to weave together an uplifting, warm story starring Jenna Ortega as Klara, the Artificial Friend who is adopted by a woman (Amy Adams) as a companion for her daughter Josie (Mia Tharia).
    Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • According to biographer Robert Jobson, a suspicious Prince William was anxious that Meghan would wear his mother’s jewels during the wedding.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
  • In addition to Burns at Columbia, Rand and her group were instrumental in helping hone Greenspan's capitalist, free-market economic philosophy, according to Martin, Greenspan's biographer.
    Patricio Chile, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s a lot of hard work that goes into being a shopping writer, but there’s a lot of play, too.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Times staff writer Sonja Sharp contributed to this report.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Staci Hill, the cofounder of Gooseberry Bridge Farm and coauthor of The Preserver's Garden, cites stress as a common factor.
    Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 12 June 2026
  • Keep Welfare Economics Distinct From GDP Brynjolfsson and coauthors have done useful work documenting the consumer surplus generated by free digital goods.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • Kerri comes from an improv background but is also a technical wordsmith.
    Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • One of two Colorado spellers competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee advanced to Wednesday’s quarterfinals, conquering the first three rounds of the competition that drew nearly 250 of the nation’s best young wordsmiths to Washington, D.C., this week.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Others are starker, such as lab groups locking themselves inside offices to hack all day, according to people familiar with the hacks.
    Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • This floor lamp is a vibe hack.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2026

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“Ghostwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostwriter. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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