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
The graphic violence of its Manhattan investment banker turned serial killer led to it being censored in several countries.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s community education if the state is going to censor your education.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Don’t censor yourself to avoid making a stir.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Faculty would not just self-censor, they would be censored.
—Nicholas Dirks, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s community education if the state is going to censor your education.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Don’t censor yourself to avoid making a stir.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Faculty would not just self-censor, they would be censored.
—Nicholas Dirks, Time, 16 Oct. 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.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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This interview has been edited for clarity and length.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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The engines, flight profiles, and countermeasure requirements vary by design, but all shorten warning and decision timelines for defenders.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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This shift would aim to shorten lead times and reduce tariff uncertainty while maintaining the company’s certification standards for recycled and low-impact materials, Talbot said.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kardashian actually deleted an earlier version of the post but then put it back up.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Baldoni's lawyers later claimed in a letter to Judge Lewis Liman that Lively previously requested for Swift to delete the women's text messages.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 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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The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.—
J. HOBERMAN,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2016
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,
10 Nov. 2025
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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,
9 Nov. 2025
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The United States has imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities, accusing them of laundering funds from cybercrime and fraud and channeling them into the North’s nuclear weapons program.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Before using fabric softener, always check the care label and, in general, avoid the use of liquid fabric softener and dryer sheets when laundering flame resistant children's sleepwear, workout gear, and towels.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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