ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
Examples of ghost town in a Sentence
After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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Life in a supertall ghost town has some other unexpected perks, residents say.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2025
San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies are looking into possible connections between recent burglaries in Arizona and two heists in the desert ghost town of Amboy, in which $436,000 worth of Nike merchandise was stolen from BNSF trains.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Evidently the ghost town of Albemarle was not quite uninhabited.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Aftermath of the raid on Macon Street Although the raids rattled residents and advocates, Aurora — a community of more than 400,000 people — was far from a ghost town early Thursday afternoon.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2025
San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies are looking into possible connections between recent burglaries in Arizona and two heists in the desert ghost town of Amboy, in which $436,000 worth of Nike merchandise was stolen from BNSF trains.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Evidently the ghost town of Albemarle was not quite uninhabited.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Aftermath of the raid on Macon Street Although the raids rattled residents and advocates, Aurora — a community of more than 400,000 people — was far from a ghost town early Thursday afternoon.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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