as in to edit
to remove objectionable parts from
the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating
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Recent Examples of censor
Roblox has drawn criticism for its failure to censor user content on its platform.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
Because reviews drag on endlessly, challenges can effectively censor a book, keeping it off shelves for months.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Even without a legal restriction, Conway, the ACLU policy counsel, said that bills and rhetoric around DEI can chill and censor classroom discussions or topics in the states where they're proposed due to the risk-adverse nature of universities.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The View has censored the 47-year-old cohost many times in the past, though some of her curse words have slipped through the cracks.
—EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
Because reviews drag on endlessly, challenges can effectively censor a book, keeping it off shelves for months.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Even without a legal restriction, Conway, the ACLU policy counsel, said that bills and rhetoric around DEI can chill and censor classroom discussions or topics in the states where they're proposed due to the risk-adverse nature of universities.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The View has censored the 47-year-old cohost many times in the past, though some of her curse words have slipped through the cracks.
—EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
Verb
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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After a four-year period, the people taking vitamin D showed less than half of the telomere shortening than the placebo group.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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This week, during a meeting of that council, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the administration was considering shortening the window for postdisaster funding.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
29 Aug. 2025
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Others have been prompted to use it immediately after manually deleting a selection of photos, suggesting a somewhat unpredictable pattern of activation.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Fans who purchase the film on digital can take a deep dive into the massive production with behind-the-scenes interviews, exclusive commentary, and deleted footage not seen in theaters.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event.—
James Reston Jr.,
Star Tribune,
29 Mar. 2021
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The mobs of students — and their enabling professors and administrators — renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization.—
Jonah Goldberg,
Alaska Dispatch News,
28 Aug. 2017
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Mr. Jang’s name has been expurgated from all official records in the North.—
CHOE SANG-HUN,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2016
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The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.—
J. HOBERMAN,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2016
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Where Aguilar’s court case stands The criminal case against Aguilar was still developing as prosecutors reviewed the facts and evidence of what occurred.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Al Jazeera Media Network (English) takes much of its information from these same sources, laundering propaganda into the mainstream.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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For over a decade, the DEA ran a money laundering operation for a Columbian narcotics trafficking cartel.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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