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ghostwriter

[gohst-rahy-ter] / ˈgoʊstˌraɪ tər /


NOUN
ghost writer
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There’s no obvious reason the same distinctions shouldn’t apply when the ghostwriter is a machine rather than a human.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Davis has since backtracked, insisting the claims were bluster and were created by a ghostwriter to sell books.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

At one point in the more than two hours of tapes released on Monday, Biden tells the ghostwriter: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The book wasn’t written so much as it was built by a prominent ghostwriter, a cadre of well-placed friends and colleagues, and a publishing industry that’s made billions of dollars from trauma memoirs by women.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

“That was awesome TV. I heard she’s gonna hire a ghostwriter to write a book about that episode.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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