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Recent Examples of self-censorship
That section also points up the selectivity of Minnelli’s reminiscences, which seems less the result of self-censorship than of a determination to focus on the positives.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
His increasingly authoritarian turn — with a crackdown on dissent that has created a chilling environment of self-censorship — has pushed India’s vociferous democracy closer to a one-party state, his critics say.
—Pragati K.b. Atul Loke, New York Times, 4 June 2024
The studio wanted to rerelease the old picture to take advantage of Tracy’s burgeoning stardom, and therefore sought to bring it into line with the moral strictures of the Hays Code, a doctrine of self-censorship that Hollywood had adopted to ward off the threat of actual censorship.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
The institute’s findings are rarely mentioned in the Western media either, through journalists’ ignorance or self-censorship.
—Jonathan Steele, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2024
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
His increasingly authoritarian turn — with a crackdown on dissent that has created a chilling environment of self-censorship — has pushed India’s vociferous democracy closer to a one-party state, his critics say.
—Pragati K.b. Atul Loke, New York Times, 4 June 2024
The studio wanted to rerelease the old picture to take advantage of Tracy’s burgeoning stardom, and therefore sought to bring it into line with the moral strictures of the Hays Code, a doctrine of self-censorship that Hollywood had adopted to ward off the threat of actual censorship.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
The institute’s findings are rarely mentioned in the Western media either, through journalists’ ignorance or self-censorship.
—Jonathan Steele, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-censorship
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During today’s Scorpio new moon, diligence and self-discipline set you on track for professional success.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Dillon is a well-rounded young man who has the self-discipline to be involved in many different activities.Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
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Occupation, along with the repression and hardship that accompanied it, rallied new recruits to Hezbollah and other Lebanese armed political parties’ ranks.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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More concretely, Iran is struggling with widespread domestic discontent over its repression of dissent and a weak economy battered by U.S. and other international sanctions.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service have made some progress with thinning and prescribed burns in forests, but much more needs to be done after decades of fire suppression has allowed too much dead wood and brush to build up, especially with climate change increasing temperatures, Stephens said.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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In Washington, Clark County officials said at least 488 ballots were damaged as a result of a failure of the fire suppression system in its box.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
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This approach is exhausting and drains the limited willpower we are meant to conserve.Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Put your energy into figuring out the best way to achieve your goal and executing your willpower and physical attributes to succeed.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Congress stonewalled, gradually increasing the island’s self-government but withholding a permanent, non-colonial status.Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus / Made by History, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Myanmar, in the midst of a crackdown by its military rulers, is sprouting new forms of local self-government.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
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His chief credential is not his mastery of the law but his contempt for it.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The crowd stood transfixed on his pure guitar mastery throughout this 73-minute set.Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
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Loneliness gets to the heart of the spiritual dissatisfaction and self-denial seen post-Covid and in both the pro-Hamas and pro–George Floyd rioting.Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
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Crace transports readers 2,000 years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
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Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power.Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
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Set intentions for self-mastery under today’s Capricorn new moon.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Self-censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-censorship. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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