ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
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After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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After exploring the art, take a stroll through Goldfield, a living ghost town (population around 250), which in the early 1900s was Nevada’s largest and richest city (population around 20,000).
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
Museums, ghost towns, cavern systems and a popular lake for divers and swimmers are just a few of the stopping points along the way.
—Andrea Agostni Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The ghost town, located within a 200-acre conservation area with unique walking trails, is also known as Glen Elgin, a village that’s decorated in Victorian style for the holiday season.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The fall of neighboring areas has brought Russian forces ever closer to Pokrovsk, turning it from a safe refuge for civilians into a ghost town.
—Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
Museums, ghost towns, cavern systems and a popular lake for divers and swimmers are just a few of the stopping points along the way.
—Andrea Agostni Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The ghost town, located within a 200-acre conservation area with unique walking trails, is also known as Glen Elgin, a village that’s decorated in Victorian style for the holiday season.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The fall of neighboring areas has brought Russian forces ever closer to Pokrovsk, turning it from a safe refuge for civilians into a ghost town.
—Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ghost town
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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