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
Within the self-censoring limits of the genre, Eisgruber has sensible things to say, maybe too sensible.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
The majority of Americans self-censor their speech, but that number has decreased slightly from last year’s survey.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Nor should a station group like Sinclair be able to censor content.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
There should also be accountability for government officials that jawboned social media companies like Facebook into censoring Americans’ protected speech.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
The majority of Americans self-censor their speech, but that number has decreased slightly from last year’s survey.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Nor should a station group like Sinclair be able to censor content.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
There should also be accountability for government officials that jawboned social media companies like Facebook into censoring Americans’ protected speech.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
Verb
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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.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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Although a text-to-image generation tool primarily, users have been using it to edit photos, create figurines, and recreate old photographs.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Managers may hold more cash or shorten deal horizons to meet retail liquidity demands, the speakers concurred.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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If the Warriors do make a trade for Adebayo, that would surely shorten up their frontcourt and possibly put them among the title favorites this season.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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There is no mechanism for recovering data once it has been deleted, Flock Safety states on its website.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Some companies have strategically deployed offensive tactics and obtained immediate results including short-sellers deleting a report and/or issuing a retraction.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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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,
6 Oct. 2025
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, the NYDFS imposed a further penalty of $425 million after the bank was discovered to have operated a $10 billion money-laundering scheme that helped Russian nationals move their cash away from Moscow’s capital controls.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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For bedding that can't be laundered, put it in the dryer for 15 minutes to kill any dust mites.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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