Example Sentences

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Ghosting can happen, in part, because we otherwise expect people to be available to us around the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Ghosting is when someone cuts all contact, without explanation, and ignores attempts by the other person to get back in touch.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

Ghosting is out because we’re too close, and I want to do it in a mature, honest way.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2022

This week, Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski went live on Facebook with Margaret Sullivan to discuss her book Ghosting the News and take listener questions about the local news crisis.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2020