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Normally, closed caption subtitling bleeps words in a variety of different ways: phrases, such as (bleep), [expletive], or [censored] may be used, though sometimes hyphens or asterisks are substituted instead (f–k, f---, or f*** are all examples.—Ace Ratcliff, SELF, 10 July 2018 See All Example Sentences for hyphen