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
Others said the claims against the library were attempts to censor LGBTQ voices and experiences.
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
When Late Night is forced to censor an interview, Deborah and Ava get inadvertently embroiled in controversy.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Even printing those three words is a good way to start a fight—people will disagree about which, if any of them, should be censored.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
The exam censored the full slurs, and Kilborn had used the same question for years.
—Gerry Regep, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
When Late Night is forced to censor an interview, Deborah and Ava get inadvertently embroiled in controversy.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Even printing those three words is a good way to start a fight—people will disagree about which, if any of them, should be censored.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
The exam censored the full slurs, and Kilborn had used the same question for years.
—Gerry Regep, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
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Fortune helped edit the autobiography of leading Black intellectual Booker T. Washington, and his civil rights organization, National Afro-American League, is considered an important predecessor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
23 June 2025
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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 June 2025
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Drake, a frequent collaborator, has so far scored 135 placements between Nos. 1 and 10 on the tally, which previously featured more than 10 spaces, but which was shortened several years ago.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Boelter is a married father of five but often stayed at Carlson’s home in North Minneapolis to shorten his commute from Green Isle, Minn., to work.—
Jim Mustian,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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La Liga had to delete the registration of new FC Barcelona star Joan Garcia after mistakenly including him in the Catalans' first team squad on Friday afternoon, a few hours after the goalkeeper signed his contract at the Joan Gamper CT.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Perhaps for the same reason Trump’s secretary of defense ordered Arlington National Cemetery to delete webpage memorials of Black and Latino people and women who defended our country.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 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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That includes thoroughly reviewing and discussing the extensive safety and efficacy data of the vaccines, the balance of their benefits and harms, equity considerations, and the feasibility and resource implications of their removal.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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Kobach said that the policies violate parents’ rights under the U.S. Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act, which protects student records from public distribution and gives parents the right to amend, inspect or review those records.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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That money was first laundered through a bank account under Aloha Financial Investment Inc., according to Pham’s indictment, which did business under the name Perfume River Restaurant & Lounge.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
15 June 2025
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Prep Your Laundry for the Week Ahead Weekends are the perfect time to launder not just clothes, but also items like towels and bedding, too.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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