censorship

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Recent Examples of censorship Superman is the latest film to face censorship hurdles in India. Jen Juneau, People.com, 15 July 2025 Yet a significant portion of Iranian cinema continues to operate within the boundaries of official censorship and the visual language dictated by the Islamic Republic. Ali Farahmand, IndieWire, 8 July 2025 Instead, the Court is doing real case-by-case analysis, looking to rebalance the scales in favor of a view consistent with the First Amendment's laudable goals of ensuring our speech is protected from government censorship. Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 Cronje envisions centralized stables for scale and user experience, and decentralized stables as a form of censorship insurance or monetary hedge. Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for censorship
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suppression
Noun
  • The fire suppression efforts involve 15 engines, eight water tenders, one helicopter, two dozers and six hand crews.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 28 July 2025
  • Our founders showed us how to fight tyranny and suppression of speech.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025

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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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