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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
Doctors, lawyers and first responders have been fired, suspended, censured or investigated.
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Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
That includes issuing a public censure, or a recommendation to the council that Kimbrough be censured by that body as well.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Many on the right have reacted strongly to those perceived to be celebrating or mocking Kirk's death, calling for consequences such as losing their jobs or in Omar's case, being censured.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
She was censured by the board earlier this summer after she was accused of trying to strip funding for a CU campaign that sought to provide information about the risks of high-potency marijuana.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
None of those resolutions passed, and Omar has not been officially censured.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
That includes issuing a public censure, or a recommendation to the council that Kimbrough be censured by that body as well.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Many on the right have reacted strongly to those perceived to be celebrating or mocking Kirk's death, calling for consequences such as losing their jobs or in Omar's case, being censured.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
She was censured by the board earlier this summer after she was accused of trying to strip funding for a CU campaign that sought to provide information about the risks of high-potency marijuana.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
None of those resolutions passed, and Omar has not been officially censured.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2025
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
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The president of the statewide North Carolina education system publicly reprimanded UNC’s Board of Trustees for their meddling weeks after Belichick’s hiring, and temporarily stripped the board of some authority.—
The Athletic Colleges staff,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Contestants on the latest season of Big Brother UK are being reprimanded for misgendering and using homophobic language towards other housemates.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
8 Oct. 2025
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Both parties have denounced its soaring costs, crushing debt, and degrees that don’t yield jobs.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The announcement has caused an immediate and negative pushback from prominent MAGA figures, who have denounced the decision as going against the America First politics the movement supports.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Hostages and Missing Families Forum criticized Hamas earlier in the day for releasing only four of the 28 confirmed deceased hostages, calling it a breach of the agreement.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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And while the council does have the power to reject commissioners, Jenkins’ move was scathingly criticized by the Coalition for Police Accountability, an advocacy group that first lobbied to establish the oversight body.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The families of the hostages condemned the booing.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Venezuelan government, dominated by Maduro loyalists, rejected those results and declared Maduro the winner in a vote widely condemned by international observers.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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In August, a gunman who blamed COVID vaccines for his depression opened fire on the agency’s Atlanta campus, killing a police officer.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Taylor could have made the move and nobody would have faulted anyone as the boo birds showed up every time Browning ran back onto the field.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Parolin also faulted global powers for their paralysis.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The coaches reacted quite differently — the Colts’ Shane Steichen punished Mitchell by playing him only sparingly a week later, while Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon lost his cool and erupted on the sideline, later apologizing.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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About 1 in 7 American companies has punished employees over social media comments related to Kirk’s killing.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Censured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censured. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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