as in censored
to remove objectionable parts from
the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment
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Our children’s academic curricula will be actually censored.—
Aidin Vaziri,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Our children’s academic curricula will actually be censored.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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This interview has been edited for clarity and length.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Expurgated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expurgated. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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