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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for censurable
Adjective
  • What To Know Shannon McShane was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to influencing a public servant, perjury, and retaliation against a witness or victim.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • If found guilty, Amazon could be fined up to one percent of its annual UK turnover.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • If that happens, the rest of his offensive game could fall apart.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 26 June 2025
  • The eight consecutive home losses are the longest since April 4-May 2, 2023, when the Royals lost 10 games in a row at The K. Royals offense struggles again The Royals’ offensive issues continued Tuesday.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, an unacceptable state of affairs persists.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
  • Sending everything to centralized clouds for processing often introduces unacceptable lag, measured in lost opportunities, safety risks or operational disruptions.
    Sven Oehme, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Israel’s bombing of Evin lays bare what happens when two reprehensible systems collide: one that cages the innocent, and another that claims to liberate them with bombs.
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
  • Trump’s corruption of conservatism, evangelicalism, the law, the Constitution, and democracy has also had the regrettable effect of turning MAGA’s mouthpieces, including sitting lawmakers, into absolutely reprehensible ghouls.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Duncan’s crew includes obnoxious head of security Bobby Atwater (Ed Skrein), Haitian co-pilot LeClerc (Bechir Sylvain) and deckhand Nina (Philippine Velge).
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
  • With the help of the chemical solanine, tomatoes deter obnoxious asparagus beetles, which, can do harm to asparagus plants.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • The majority sees no problem in executing someone whose co-defendant might have been more culpable but was smart enough to cop a deal to elude the death penalty.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
  • Extensive testing showed no genetic or environmental cause for her son’s condition, yet Hess felt somehow culpable.
    Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of these vitamins have quality issues, like a fishy or unpleasant taste.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • Diana, for example, when anything unpleasant was said in her presence, would slowly blink her eyes in an incredible act of denial.
    Rosemary Counter, Time, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.
    Hanna Hart, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Censurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censurable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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