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Recent Examples of ghostwriter
The second of Hoover’s books coming to the screen this year follows Lowen, a ghostwriter who takes a job to finish the book series of famed author Verity Crawford.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Ronald Reagan ghostwriter and author of The Falcon and the Snowman Robert Lindsay died on December 19 at the age of 90.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
This adaptation of her psychological thriller stars Dakota Johnson as a ghostwriter, Anne Hathaway as the best-selling author she’s hired to help, and Josh Hartnett as Hathaway’s hunky husband, who might just be hiding something.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Wallace, as her ghostwriter, would have remained in the background.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Others include Chicago native Elijah Bennett, a film graduate and ghostwriter who describes himself as a storyteller.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Ronald Reagan ghostwriter and author of The Falcon and the Snowman Robert Lindsay died on December 19 at the age of 90.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
This adaptation of her psychological thriller stars Dakota Johnson as a ghostwriter, Anne Hathaway as the best-selling author she’s hired to help, and Josh Hartnett as Hathaway’s hunky husband, who might just be hiding something.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Wallace, as her ghostwriter, would have remained in the background.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Others include Chicago native Elijah Bennett, a film graduate and ghostwriter who describes himself as a storyteller.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
Noun
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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
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All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Zamiri and Aitchison worked closely with cowriter Bertie Brandes to crack the movie, which chronicles a dramatic shift for Charli as an artist, as people start to see her in a different light.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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It’s nominated for best picture musical or comedy, with star Timothée Chalamet nominated for best actor in a comedy and cowriter and director Josh Safdie nominated for best screenplay.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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David Greenberg, a historian at Rutgers University and a biographer of the civil-rights leader John Lewis, told me that the right could have made a persuasive case against the excessive preoccupation with slavery and racial politics that some on the left have shown.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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His biographer, Halldór Guðmundsson, states that Rome always worked on him like a drug.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Brenda Looper joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a news clerk in April 1997, and worked as a feature writer, reviewer and copy editor on the news side before moving to the opinion section in July 2011.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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An InStyle writer shares the surprisingly affordable perfume that earns her more compliments than her luxury fragrances.—
Melony Forcier,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Irvine, is a principal coauthor of the legislation.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Before starting treatment, people should be aware of this possibility, says Sam West, PhD, a coauthor of the study and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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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
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An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rather the answer, according to Obama’s wordsmith, is to take cell phones away from American children who are seeing this carnage on social media and who are rightly horrified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Pull-out cabinet organizers are one of our favorite hacks to make your space feel like a luxury kitchen without having to replace your cabinets.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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There's the perfect number of underwear to bring, hacks for packing for short trips, hacks for packing for long trips, and everything in between.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Ghostwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostwriter. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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