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as in reprimanded
to express public or formal disapproval of
a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office
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as in denounced
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
our society generally censures the taking of another person's life
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as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work
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Recent Examples of censured
The two were censured and expelled from the International City/County Managers Association for ethics code violations.
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Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
He has been accused of vote trading and threatening recalls against his colleagues and was censured twice by the council.
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Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
He was censured in an overwhelming vote by the state Democratic Party’s central committee, prompting Polis to appear on a subsequent party video call with black tape over his mouth.
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Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
The board censured Ervin, a member since 2006, at that meeting.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
The board censured Ervin, who has been a member since 2006, on April 8 after coming under criticism from across the country.
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Caitlyn Meisner,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
Trustees finalized the termination of former Superintendent Milton Fields on Tuesday, then censured Macias two days later — both by a 4-3 vote.
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Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
24 Apr. 2026
Some members who resigned before the chamber could hold an expulsion vote have been retroactively censured.
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Sarah Davis,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2026
The president has been censured by Congress in every year of his first term and more than any other president.
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Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
He has been accused of vote trading and threatening recalls against his colleagues and was censured twice by the council.
—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
He was censured in an overwhelming vote by the state Democratic Party’s central committee, prompting Polis to appear on a subsequent party video call with black tape over his mouth.
—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
The board censured Ervin, a member since 2006, at that meeting.
—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
The board censured Ervin, who has been a member since 2006, on April 8 after coming under criticism from across the country.
—
Caitlyn Meisner,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
Trustees finalized the termination of former Superintendent Milton Fields on Tuesday, then censured Macias two days later — both by a 4-3 vote.
—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
24 Apr. 2026
Some members who resigned before the chamber could hold an expulsion vote have been retroactively censured.
—
Sarah Davis,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2026
The president has been censured by Congress in every year of his first term and more than any other president.
—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censured
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One notable instance came in season 1 of America's Sweethearts, when Powell was reprimanded for asking where her ornament was on the locker room Christmas tree, as opposed to expressing gratitude for the decorations.
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Later on during the trial, the judge reprimanded Pino and his supporters for hugging and physical embracing him while court was in session and the jury was present.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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Greenspan was also criticized for enacting policies that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the recession at the end of the 2000s.
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The Federal Reserve’s steadfast period of low interest rates in the 2000s was criticized as contributing to a housing bubble in the 2000s, followed by the mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Great Recession the following year.
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They have also been widely condemned by antisemitism watchdogs, the university and government officials — some of whom suggested that his comments should prevent him from being hired anywhere.
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There are moments when a phrase, or a current of thought, that had seemed condemned to archival history is suddenly all anyone talks about.
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The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
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That’s how many layoffs have been blamed on AI so far this year, according to career services firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
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The maneuver attempts to beat a grand jury deadline after courts faulted prosecutors’ instructions on how presidential electors are certified, echoing dismissed election cases in Michigan, Georgia and federal court.
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Their work is faulted as factually wrong and politically motivated.
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That is just one example of many Christian and conservative athletes have been unfairly punished because of their religious and political beliefs because Major League Baseball and its teams have decided what political and religious beliefs are acceptable.
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But the players were not punished.
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“Censured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censured. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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