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Recent Examples of self-censorship
It must be upheld without censorship, self-censorship and free from discrimination.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 July 2025
Now, that same misguided concept is infiltrating city and state governments, threatening to create a similar climate of fear and self-censorship among the general public.
—Tj Martinell, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2025
Louisville attorney Ben Potash, who represents a cohort of student advocates, said the enforcement tactics breed confusion and could lead to self-censorship.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The resulting culture of politicized analysis, self-censorship, and suppression of unwelcome truths mirrors the conditions in autocracies that generate intelligence failure.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2025
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 July 2025
Now, that same misguided concept is infiltrating city and state governments, threatening to create a similar climate of fear and self-censorship among the general public.
—Tj Martinell, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2025
Louisville attorney Ben Potash, who represents a cohort of student advocates, said the enforcement tactics breed confusion and could lead to self-censorship.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The resulting culture of politicized analysis, self-censorship, and suppression of unwelcome truths mirrors the conditions in autocracies that generate intelligence failure.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-censorship
Noun
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Our main challenge today is to maintain multilateral diplomacy and self-discipline.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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August 2025 The Emperor: Structure and self-discipline become your superpowers this month, Capricorn.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The distraction does not eliminate the need for state repression.—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s culture ministry, alongside law enforcement agencies, is strictly enforcing these guidelines, merging its own cultural institutions into the country’s already mighty propaganda and repression machines.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Enter Pickletile’s leading innovation product Pickleglass, which offers roughly 50% sound suppression in its outdoor installations out of the box.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The change is similar to actions in other states that repeatedly were struck down as unconstitutional for violating the public's First Amendment right to access information without government suppression.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That change, according to psychologist Sula Windgassen, may have less to do with willpower and more to do with how the brain manages stress amid different temperatures.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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My hand twitched toward the phone, muscle memory stronger than willpower.—
Maggie Downs,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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The federal government’s deployment of military personnel to this country’s cities, all apart from being the Founders’ worst nightmare, threatens a death knell to popular self-government.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Outrage fades, the unthinkable becomes routine, and the guardrails that protect self-government quietly disappear.—
Aron Solomon
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Cristóbal Balenciaga’s mastery of shape and structure — his ability to sculpt fabric into modern architecture — has always resonated with me.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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That balancing act wouldn’t be possible without the mastery of Cooke and Wright (who also directed the first three episodes), whose tension forms the basis of every relationship and plot point in the six-episode series.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Saint Anthony was an Egyptian monk whose relics were brought to France during the Crusades in the Middle Ages, after inspiring many people to take up seclusion and self-denial.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Crace transports readers two thousand years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Throughout the crisis, her burgeoning friendship with the hostage’s wife, challenges Barb’s usual sense of propriety and self-containment.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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Cregger maintains the film’s self-containment.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Self-censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-censorship. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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