as in to edit
to remove objectionable parts from
the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating
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Recent Examples of censor
Some words are censored, while others are popularized through online memes and trends, meaning that the very structure underlying social media is responsible for rerouting our language in real time.
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Adam Aleksic, People.com, 14 July 2025
The #MeToo hashtag, too, was censored by Weibo, closing another avenue for activists to communicate.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
The centers said they were censored for offering accurate and potentially life-saving information.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2025
More urgently, defunding and censoring science could have dramatically negative consequences for all Americans.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
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Adam Aleksic, People.com, 14 July 2025
The #MeToo hashtag, too, was censored by Weibo, closing another avenue for activists to communicate.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
The centers said they were censored for offering accurate and potentially life-saving information.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2025
More urgently, defunding and censoring science could have dramatically negative consequences for all Americans.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
Verb
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There are also carefully edited gift shops like Trésors Publics, which has become a New Nice institution.—
Sloane Crosley,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Tour de France organizers have shortened Stage 19 of the competition to avoid a herd of cows which have suffered an outbreak of disease.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Santos will leave prison, provided he is not pardoned or his sentence is not shortened, in 2032.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
Verb
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The latest example is the Pentagon, which was forced to delete and then repost a video featuring Defense Sec.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 July 2025
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Megan later deleted the clip, but the video had already made its rounds online.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
14 July 2025
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Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event.—
James Reston Jr.,
Star Tribune,
29 Mar. 2021
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The mobs of students — and their enabling professors and administrators — renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization.—
Jonah Goldberg,
Alaska Dispatch News,
28 Aug. 2017
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Mr. Jang’s name has been expurgated from all official records in the North.—
CHOE SANG-HUN,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2016
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The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.—
J. HOBERMAN,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2016
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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.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
21 July 2025
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Now the Trump administration has scrapped that process, and appointees enjoy full control over what scientific integrity means and how agencies review and synthesize scientific literature necessary to support and shape policy decisions.—
David Michaels,
The Atlantic,
20 July 2025
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Casada was found guilty on 17 of 19 charges, including conspiracy to commit theft, bribery and kickback, honest services wire fraud, use of a fictitious name to carry out fraud, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
23 July 2025
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Before washing, check the tag’s instructions to ensure they’re properly laundered.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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