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Recent Examples of expurgate 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
  • The investigations into teachers’ social media posts has created a climate of vulnerability and fear, Boyd said, where both teachers and even students start self-censoring when engaging in public discourse.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s FCC chairman, James Lawrence Fly, warned the networks about censoring news commentators.
    Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Expurgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expurgate. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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