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
Too bad it was censored out for audiences tuning in at home!
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Dory Jackson, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
President Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally censoring right-wing voices on social media.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Many Republicans have spoken out against any group or agency that could be perceived as censoring conservative voices.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2025
Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, accusing him of censoring right-wing voices on social media.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Dory Jackson, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
President Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally censoring right-wing voices on social media.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Many Republicans have spoken out against any group or agency that could be perceived as censoring conservative voices.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2025
Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, accusing him of censoring right-wing voices on social media.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
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This story was edited for radio by Peter Granitz and the digital version of this story was edited by Treye Green.—
Claire Murashima,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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The collection has been brilliantly edited and translated by Gwendolyn Harper (who also works part-time in The New Yorker’s fiction department).—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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Over the years, the Legislature also imposed an expiration date for petition signatures and then shortened its lifespan from eight years to four years to two years.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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Employees must be given 60 days' notice of their end date, unless OPM grants a waiver to shorten that period to 30 days.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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But Rozier is also trying not to let the outside noise affect him, temporarily deleting Instagram and some of his other social media accounts.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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As the company promotes generative AI to the public, Redmond accidentally introduced a software bug last week that can delete the Copilot program from PCs running Windows 10 or 11.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
17 Mar. 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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Discrimination claims are reviewed under a three-step process under the precedent.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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In a letter filed with the FCC, which is reviewing the transaction, lawyers for David Ellison‘s company laid out its concerns about Project Rise Partners.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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Since the start of the investigation last year, the Secret Service has been tracing the funds through myriad exchanges around the world, while hackers work to launder the crypto at speed.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The United States must take action to strengthen its anti-money laundering efforts and further the fight against illicit fentanyl trafficking.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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