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Recent Examples of censorship
Few things frustrate internet users more than losing connection, being watched online or dealing with censorship.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Also deleted was an 8-second scene where one of the Green Lanterns makes a middle finger during a fight.
DC Comics fans and superhero cinephiles in India took to social media to express outrage about the censorship.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the concept of parental rights continues to fuel curriculum battles – from book bans to LGBTQ+ censorship – in school boards and state legislatures nationwide.
—Rachel Wegner, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The dark comedy, satirizing Iranian film censorship and bureaucratic absurdity, draws on Asgari’s own experiences in his native Iran, where he was slapped with a travel ban and had his personal belongings confiscated after showing his film Terrestrial Verses in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2023.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 July 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Also deleted was an 8-second scene where one of the Green Lanterns makes a middle finger during a fight.
DC Comics fans and superhero cinephiles in India took to social media to express outrage about the censorship.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the concept of parental rights continues to fuel curriculum battles – from book bans to LGBTQ+ censorship – in school boards and state legislatures nationwide.
—Rachel Wegner, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The dark comedy, satirizing Iranian film censorship and bureaucratic absurdity, draws on Asgari’s own experiences in his native Iran, where he was slapped with a travel ban and had his personal belongings confiscated after showing his film Terrestrial Verses in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2023.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
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In addition to full containment and eventual suppression of the fire, specialized crews assessed how to bring the environment back to its original state, according to fire officials on InciWeb, a federal wildfire tracker.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Perdue’s fire suppression system has accidentally discharged AFFF multiple times, most recently in 2019, though Perdue has since replaced it with a non-PFAS synthetic foam, Getty said.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
31 July 2025
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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