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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The weekly farmer’s market at Salt Lake Park is a proverbial ghost town.
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Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Nothing Nothing today is nothing more than a tiny ghost town off of the U.S. 93, south of Wikieup.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
On Wednesday night, Luna took Jimmy Kimmel’s credit card and bought out the Los Angeles Flower Market, which has been a ghost town since ICE started its crackdowns, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Over the last five years, once bustling neighborhoods have become ghost towns.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Nothing Nothing today is nothing more than a tiny ghost town off of the U.S. 93, south of Wikieup.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
On Wednesday night, Luna took Jimmy Kimmel’s credit card and bought out the Los Angeles Flower Market, which has been a ghost town since ICE started its crackdowns, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Over the last five years, once bustling neighborhoods have become ghost towns.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
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 19 Jul. 2025.
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