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Recent Examples of censorship
Judy Blume's response The anger aimed at her work turned Blume into an outspoken advocate against censorship.
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Shannon Carlin, Time, 8 May 2025
The Global Engagement Center was closed last month amid a reorganization of the State Department and allegations from conservatives of censorship.
—The National Desk, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
The company said the changes, which were announced January 7, would improve free speech and reduce censorship.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Orbán’s campaign offered a 21st-century model for media control – one rooted not in overt censorship but in narrative saturation.
—Adam G. Klein, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
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Shannon Carlin, Time, 8 May 2025
The Global Engagement Center was closed last month amid a reorganization of the State Department and allegations from conservatives of censorship.
—The National Desk, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
The company said the changes, which were announced January 7, would improve free speech and reduce censorship.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Orbán’s campaign offered a 21st-century model for media control – one rooted not in overt censorship but in narrative saturation.
—Adam G. Klein, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
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Where Masculinity Is Reimagined, Vulnerability Becomes Relational Intelligence Contemporary research challenges the outdated notion that masculinity requires emotional suppression.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Firefighters continue to assess fire suppression control-line locations and dozers are extending and connecting those lines already developed.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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