censorship

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Recent Examples of censorship The coffee table tome, its black cover embossed with gold lettering and shrouded in shrink wrap, includes reproductions of dozens of covers and pictorials and Flynt’s crusading columns against censorship that tackled issues including gay, transgender and women’s rights decades ago. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025 If censorship is political so is the absence of censorship. Kamila Shamsie june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025 Read Next National Billboard with MAGA slogan removed from AL city in ‘act of censorship,’ art group says February 4, 2025 11:47 AM Read Next North Carolina ‘Controversial’ political sign lights up at NC church. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025 This request, which could lead to Guevara's deportation, is a crude form of censorship. Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for censorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
Noun
  • Firefighters are engaged in aggressive suppression efforts, supported by multiple aircraft and ground resources.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
  • In states that have money for fire suppression readily available, contractors may be more confident that they’ll be paid on time.
    Sarah Cutler June 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 June 2025

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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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