censor

verb

Definition of censornext
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 Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information. — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026 The collection includes works that have been banned, censored or otherwise challenged, alongside books that continue to provoke debate around identity, race, gender, political power and freedom of expression. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 June 2026 Then there are the attempts to censor museums. — Isabel Ruehl, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026 The Qatari government also censored reporting on LGBT issues. — Gypsy Guillén Kaiser, Fortune, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for censor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
  1. edit
  2. shorten
  3. delete
  4. bowdlerize
  5. expurgate
  6. review
  7. launder
Verb
  • 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, 11 July 2026
  • 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 July 2026
Definition of edit
Verb
  • Preventive care reduces avoidable emergency department visits and shortens hospital stays, allowing health systems to focus resources on patients who need the most complex care.
    — Russell Cox, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Sconset, which is actually shortened from its full name Siasconset, is the neighborhood on the east side of Nantucket.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of shorten
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  • In a lengthy post on X that has since been deleted, AMC CEO Adam Aron described the inside as flamingo pink from the couches to the curtains, but also like an intimate garden party with lush, idyllic, green scenery and five-foot trees.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • After the White House initially defended the post as satire, the video in question was deleted after a backlash including from some Republicans.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of delete
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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
  • 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
Definition of bowdlerize
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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
Definition of expurgate
Verb
  • 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 July 2026
  • Demanding a transparent investigation Salgado Araujo’s death has brought an outpouring of grief and calls for transparency, with activists and Texas Democratic lawmakers demanding all evidence from the scene be reviewed.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of review
Verb
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime still estimates that 2 to 5% of global GDP is laundered each year, a range that has been cited for decades despite the growth of the global compliance industry.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • To conceal the scheme and hide the bribes, prosecutors say, Zhu entered into a sham retainer agreement with Carone’s younger brother, Anthony Carone, 54, who is alleged to have laundered the payments through his law firm.
    — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Definition of launder

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