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
Foreign governments often rely on stretched interpretation of laws regulating content, censoring content the government deems defamatory, fraudulent, biased, or supporting terrorist activities.
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Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Political critique was generally censored, and at one point depictions of the theater world were even banned.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
And yet, the regime clings to its authoritarian script: shutting down the internet, censoring its news.
—Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
Lennon wrote the letter — which Powell cut two small sections out of, presumably to censor it — over a six-day period between April 19 and April 24, 1962 while the Beatles were playing their first residency at the Star-Club in Hamburg.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
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Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Political critique was generally censored, and at one point depictions of the theater world were even banned.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
And yet, the regime clings to its authoritarian script: shutting down the internet, censoring its news.
—Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
Lennon wrote the letter — which Powell cut two small sections out of, presumably to censor it — over a six-day period between April 19 and April 24, 1962 while the Beatles were playing their first residency at the Star-Club in Hamburg.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
Verb
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This edition of Forbes Daily was edited by Sarah Whitmire.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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After the acquisition, Nordstrom pushed to expand the service yet to contain costs, instituted a $25 at-home try-on fee and shortened the return window, negatively impacting what male customers had come to expect.—
Jennifer J. Fondrevay,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Hot weather speeds up chemical reactions inside your battery, which shortens its lifespan.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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The post was later deleted but not before arousing the concern of immigration rights groups in South Florida.—
CD Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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This is all part of Microsoft’s push for users to delete account passwords altogether and to use passkeys instead.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 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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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,
26 June 2025
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In early August 2023, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker formed an Ad Hoc Council Committee on Emergency Medical Response to assess MedStar’s services and review other EMS models.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Vector was cited for facilitating over $1 million in payments tied to chemical shipments, along with laundering $2 million through U.S.-to-Mexico transfers on behalf of cartel operatives.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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