censor

verb

Definition of censornext
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 The first is that the journalism group will pull its punches and self-censor negative information about the corporate partner. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Equal-time rule doesn’t apply, group says The equal-time rule prohibits broadcast stations from censoring or rejecting political ads paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates. — ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2026 The president doesn’t see any disconnect between his big talk on free speech and his attempt to censor or punish the media and his political opposition—and neither, apparently, do many in the Republican Party. — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026 When Ciara and Brandon’s names were announced, a long bleep was censored on TV. — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for censor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
  1. edit
  2. shorten
  3. delete
  4. bowdlerize
  5. expurgate
  6. review
  7. launder
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  • Jonatan Mose served as cinematographer, with editing handled by Martin Anthon.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It was edited by Rachel Baye, Maureen Pao, Jeanette Woods, and Tinbete Ermyas.
    — October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of edit
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  • But none of these workers can shorten a licensing timeline, self-fund a year without pay, or buy time on a fabrication line.
    — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Mechanical recycling shortens cotton fibers, and the company recommends combining them with carrier fibers to maintain the quality and performance of finished textiles.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of shorten
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  • Memories may have faded, or digital evidence could have been lost or deleted.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The teachers deleted their videos in front of their students and the Taliban fighters standing at the gate.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of delete
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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
  • 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
Definition of bowdlerize
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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
Definition of expurgate
Verb
  • The National Capital Planning Commission, a federal panel that reviews major construction projects, posted new renderings and accompanying documents provided by the Interior Department, which is overseeing the controversial project.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Look for unfamiliar applications in your Applications folder and review System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions for unexpected items.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of review
Verb
  • Pulido faces charges in two separate federal indictments filed in Miami in 2019 and 2021, involving a total of 13 money-laundering counts, each carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As these dopamine chasers inflict their limbic systems on every film, cheering for lizard-brain human suffering, the Olds scramble to give all that bloodlust a higher purpose, laundering it into political statements right there in the Q&A.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of launder

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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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