as in censoring
to remove objectionable parts from
a bowdlerized version of "Gulliver's Travels" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children
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censoring
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Libraries and schools that are removing and restricting books for partisan or ideological reasons are censoring them.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025 -
The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Bowdlerizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowdlerizing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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