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Recent Examples of expurgate Mr. Jang’s name has been expurgated from all official records in the North. Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016 The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews. J. Hoberman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expurgate
censor
Verb
  • More urgently, defunding and censoring science could have dramatically negative consequences for all Americans.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
  • That’s something that archaeological reports released by the city in the past have routinely included without censoring.
    Andres Viglucci July 4, Miami Herald, 4 July 2025

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“Expurgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expurgate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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