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
Chawla, who is Indian, documented the vandalism on her Instagram account, choosing not to censor the term.
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
Images of the enclosure are tightly censored and obscured on digital mapping platforms.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Shame on any educational institution that censors speech condemning it.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
More than three out of four civics teachers surveyed reported having censored themselves out of fear of pushback or controversy.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
Images of the enclosure are tightly censored and obscured on digital mapping platforms.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Shame on any educational institution that censors speech condemning it.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
More than three out of four civics teachers surveyed reported having censored themselves out of fear of pushback or controversy.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
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Questionnaires may have been edited for spelling, grammar, length and clarity.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Luke Snellin directed with ferocious love and ambition and it was edited very sharply by Simon Smith.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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Jamen said Wscripted was hoping to shorten the lead times for development and financing with the new system.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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The process of shrinking was different among the groups, with some dinosaurs reducing the size of the fingers first, while others prioritized shortening the forearm.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
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Because the messages were deleted, investigators could only retrieve the dates and times, but not the messages' content.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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Before last weekend’s I-285 closure, the city had not seen a full freeway shut down for multiple days since 2017’s cataclysmic I-85 bridge fire and collapse deleted that northeast Atlanta corridor for six weeks.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
24 May 2026
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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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Police obtained a warrant to review vehicle data of the Chevrolet, which allegedly showed Gonzalez did not push on the brake pedal up to five seconds before the crash occurred.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2026
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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,
23 May 2026
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Media outlets must stop laundering anti-Muslim conspiracy theories as legitimate debate.—
Zainab Chaudry,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2026
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Zelensky confidant Tymur Mindich allegedly orchestrated ~$100M in kickbacks from state energy giant Energoatom, with the proceeds laundered in part through luxury villas near Kyiv.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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