censorship

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Recent Examples of censorship The result was a patchwork of stories that mattered to people living through extreme violence, death and censorship. Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 Free-speech advocates and some lawmakers have warned that the provisions would create opportunities for unauthorized surveillance or censorship. Victoria Baeza Garcia, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026 On July 29, 1938, Irvin Shapiro duly applied for the imprimatur from Hollywood’s censorship regime. Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026 Before his arrest in 2021, Otero Alcántara and other members of his San Isidro Movement used social media to document their campaign against official censorship and the Cuban police and security officials that often shadowed their every move. Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for censorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
Noun
  • The number of Southern European fires and amount of land burned had decreased quite a bit from the 1980s to 2018, mostly because of better fire suppression and management techniques, Cordero said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Mash Dogs at 5248 Democracy Drive closed for cleanup July 24 after the hood fire suppression system was activated and fire retardant landed on surrounding surfaces.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026

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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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