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ghostwrite

[gohst-rahyt] / ˈgoʊstˌraɪt /


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I was fine letting Gemini ghostwrite emails about insurance claims and refunds, but it didn’t feel right for messages to loved ones, even if the initial draft did sound like me.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2026

"I'm sure everybody aspires to be him. He's such a brilliant writer. It's very hard to ghostwrite a book and at some level never have it sound like it was written by somebody else."

From BBC Jan. 9, 2023

Years ago, he used to ghostwrite punch lines and comic scenarios for a cartoonist, who published some of their creations, in The New Yorker.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2020

After moving to Paris, author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette agrees to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel for her husband.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2020

And she always told this funny story where she would say, Marty read the draft opinion and sort of hollered, Ruthie, did you write this for him, did you ghostwrite this thing?

From Slate Sep. 21, 2020

But if the work will be submitted for a grade, or to a university for admissions decisions, I cannot market any form of ghostwriting or rewriting.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

Mr. Rees is president of the ghostwriting firm Geonomica and a senior fellow at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

Barnett’s consulting and ghostwriting services “dried up with so much of the rest of the economy,” with the pair relying on charity and programs like Meals on Wheels, as well as plenty of oatmeal.

From Salon Nov. 18, 2024

Zehme, who wrote for Rolling Stone and other major magazines, had authored books on Frank Sinatra and Andy Kaufman in addition to ghostwriting memoirs for Regis Philbin and Leno.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2024

Besides writing for virtually every mass market publication in America, she spent five years ghostwriting the Cholly Knickerbocker society column in the old Journal American.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

Epstein was his own first chronicler, enough of a celebrity by 1964 to publish a ghostwritten memoir, “A Cellarful of Noise.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

He had recently authored a bestselling book, The Art of the Deal, and, though it was entirely ghostwritten and largely embellished, he figured that should give him street cred in the highest realms of deal-making.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2023

First released in January 2023, "Spare" was ghostwritten with J. R. Moehringer and published by Penguin Random House.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2023

Now comes the prince’s multimillion-dollar ghostwritten memoir, “Spare.”

From New York Times Jan. 9, 2023

Alan Gould of the Associated Press promptly hired her to cover the Berlin Olympics as a reporter, though in fact her pieces would be ghostwritten.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

After Nixon returned to San Clemente, Khachigian helped him write his autobiography — basically ghostwrote it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2024

He didn't disclose which artists he ghostwrote for in the video.

From Salon Feb. 8, 2024

Indeed, it is quite likely that Roberts actually ghostwrote one op-ed that he quoted in Milligan to illustrate the Justice Department’s hostility.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2023

It is not his first foray into the world of celebrity memories - he ghostwrote Andre Agassi's memoir, Open, and collaborated with Nike co-founder Phil Knight for his autobiography, Shoe Dog.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2023

With Maggie’s input, Ellet ghostwrote a book about Maggie and Elisha’s relationship.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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