ghostwriter

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Recent Examples of ghostwriter Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president’s interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents. Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026 Joe Biden sued the DOJ to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of conversations with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 27 May 2026 Former President Joe Biden is suing the Justice Department in an attempt to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from private interviews with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. Tiago Ventura, Time, 27 May 2026 The young professionals who thrive here treat AI as a sparring partner rather than a ghostwriter. Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 Following backlash from his former costars, the actor retracted the claims and said he was taken advantage of by a ghostwriter. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026 And yet, in the last chapter of her ghostwritten book, Whoopi Goldberg acknowledges some misgivings about using a ghostwriter. Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026 But today, language generators can churn out language for appropriation, more cheaply and quickly than a human ghostwriter could. Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026 It was written alongside ghostwriter Judith Perrignon, translated into English by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver, and published by Penguin Press. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
Noun
  • 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
  • All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Waititi and cowriter Dahvi Waller were able to weave together an uplifting, warm story starring Jenna Ortega as Klara, the Artificial Friend who is adopted by a woman (Amy Adams) as a companion for her daughter Josie (Mia Tharia).
    Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
  • At least one of his cowriter nominees, Mehdi Mahmoudian, was unable to leave Iran to attend Sunday’s awards.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Antonia Fraser, the biographer and historian, will be present, as will Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and one of the most influential voices in transatlantic media.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • According to biographer Robert Jobson, a suspicious Prince William was anxious that Meghan would wear his mother’s jewels during the wedding.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Times staff writer Alene Tchekmedyian contributed to this report.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Just a guess but the Babylon Bee writers caught wind of the Royals two-game stretch last week when they were outscored 35-3.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The research also advances our understanding of how dinosaurs moved around the southern continents, according to study coauthor Samantha Beeston, a palaeontology doctoral student at University College London.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Núñez was coauthor of a study published in 2023 in the journal Buildings that examined a type of concrete building higher than 20 stories and built to minimum Venezuelan code requirements.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.
    John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some campaigns mix traditional ad films with sponsorship hacks, platform plays, and one piece of kit design that turned a referee’s uniform into a punchline.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The first swing was a powerful uppercut, the type of grown-man hack synonymous with no-doubters and moonshots.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Colin King, stylist to the stars, designed one that anchors its matching bedscape in his 2023 Cultiver collaboration.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
  • This enabled attendees to not only take in the education in greater detail, but also to share with other stylists and colorists at their salons.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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“Ghostwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostwriter. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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