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ghostwriter

[gohst-rahy-ter] / ˈgoʊstˌraɪ tər /


NOUN
ghost writer
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So use it as a sparring partner, not a ghostwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

He has also worked as a translator of corporate reports and cookbooks and as a ghostwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

However, journalist Hadley Freeman, ghostwriter of Victoria Beckham's 2006 biography, says in her experience they were "both incredibly sweet, incredibly involved with their children, very loving as a family".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

His ghostwriter, Dave Shiflett, later confessed that he regarded the book as “my first published work of fiction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

“Look, ain’t nothing wrong with a ghostwriter, all right? My thing is, ghostwriters need to write authentically for the person. Ain’t no way you out here strapped like backpacks.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas