censorship

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Recent Examples of censorship But the result has been to stifle federal efforts to mitigate foreign influence, and claims of censorship have been used to shut down or weaken essential institutions. — RenÉe Diresta, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 In this season of feverish censorship, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 And like the majority of the books banned in the Pico case, books by Black authors remain high on the list of school censorship cases. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 What’s been acutely hard in the past few years is space scarcity, federal funding cuts, an atmosphere of censorship, and dwindling philanthropy. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for censorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
Noun
  • The use of pseudonyms by female writers born in the nineteenth century is typically understood as a feminist loophole around the patriarchal suppression of women’s writing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the footage was played during a dayslong suppression hearing last December, when the defense argued evidence recovered during the arrest should be suppressed because Mangione’s backpack was improperly searched.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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