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ghost town

noun as in deserted town

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It’s a fascinating look at how ghost towns aren’t just dusty relics but can in fact teach us a thing or two about what a vibrant community could be in the 21st century.

Downtown centers became ghost towns, and revenue dropped sharply for coworking spaces as clients ditched short-term leases.

From Quartz

The sudden absence of these workplace cues presents a challenge for anyone whose office stands like a veritable ghost town due to Covid-19.

From Quartz

Visiting the Smithsonian during the pandemic can feel like passing through a ghost town.

The pandemic has turned the world’s financial capitals into ghost towns as nervous workers avoid mass commuting.

From Fortune

As Monday turned to Tuesday morning, five hostages had escaped and the Central Business District had turned into a ghost town.

The sun will set in less than an hour and a hubbub will emerge from the ghost-town houses and farms.

And the Ukrainian army, slowly, uncertainly, but ineluctably, is closing in on this besieged ghost-town of a city.

By the afternoon it was a ghost town inside the campus gates.

It's a ghost town now, just a handful of weathered wooden buildings sagging beneath snow.

According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.

A ghost town should have ghosts but none walk at the present time.

She said no more about it just then, as they had reached the old ghost town of Gleeson.

The tall, well-built cowboy star swung into his saddle and they trotted away between two tumbledown houses of the ghost town.

The trail led toward the hills back of the ghost town and it was evident that the man they were trailing had rested frequently.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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