censured

past tense of censure
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Recent Examples of censured Peery has been censured by a Commission of Presbytery. Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025 In the first year of the genocide, I was censured and censored on campus. Sahar Mustafah august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025 In addition, Blain is under investigation by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and the council has censured him twice. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censured
Verb
  • Geier, who has a bachelor’s degree in biology, has also been reprimanded by the Maryland Board of Physicians for practicing medicine without a medical license.
    Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Plaza was later reprimanded by showrunner Michael Schur for taking the notes.
    Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Addressing supporters Saturday in the heart of his district, Kansas City’s longtime Democratic congressman and former mayor denounced Missouri lawmakers’ plan to dilute the city’s voting power by carving it up into three Republican congressional districts.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In the past, Newsom denounced judges who ruled against them as toadies of the firearms industry.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many members of the media criticized the team's performance as did supporters, who were not impressed with the Americans, particularly in the first half, when the Koreans controlled the game and scored both goals.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In a phone interview, both sharply criticized the map and its impact on Kansas City’s representation in Congress.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Minnesota’s Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson condemned the deception and affirmed how troubling the ambush was.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Civil liberties campaigners across Britain and beyond swiftly condemned the designation, warning that applying terrorism laws to such a group risks chilling free speech and assembly, while also setting a dangerous precedent for protest rights.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Macron alone cannot be blamed for the rising far-right, which is on the march across the West.
    Cole Stangler, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Within months of his release, Brown was charged with assaulting his sister, and according to WSOC-TV, even Brown's mother has blamed the courts for allowing her son to be out in the community.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Another superb backhand winner saved a break point in Sabalenka’s next service game after she had double-faulted and chucked her racket to the ground in frustration.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the next game, with the thousands in the stands roaring for every point gained by the American, Sabalenka netted off-balance groundstrokes on two points in a row and double-faulted to get broken right back.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One employee claimed McCarthy punished employees who complained about his management by reducing their roles in journalistic projects.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That mismatch, where management is rewarded while shareholders are punished, is a classic sign of weak governance.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Censured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censured. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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