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 users have complained about the hiccups and have also claimed that the app was censoring certain political information.
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Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Newsom’s press office said on Monday the governor was calling on the California Department of Justice to review whether the application violates state law by censoring content that is unfavorable to Trump.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Over the weekend, as anti-ICE protests raged in Minnesota, TikTok users accused the platform of trying to censor anti-Trump content.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Straight and gay pornography was aired, albeit clumsily censored by the network.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Newsom’s press office said on Monday the governor was calling on the California Department of Justice to review whether the application violates state law by censoring content that is unfavorable to Trump.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Over the weekend, as anti-ICE protests raged in Minnesota, TikTok users accused the platform of trying to censor anti-Trump content.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Straight and gay pornography was aired, albeit clumsily censored by the network.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
Verb
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Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 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,
10 Feb. 2026
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That timeline by the end of the year would have coincided with an orbital alignment around the sun that would shorten the journey between Earth and Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Decision-making cycles are shortening.—
Christopher Vollmer,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The station has since deleted social media videos that mentioned the ransom demand and removed the number from its online article.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The president posts, and 12 hours later, deletes an overtly racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2026
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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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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 Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) panel, which reviews refereeing decisions, judged that he should have been sent off in both games against Brentford for fouls on Brazilian forward Igor Thiago.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Rhode Island editor.—
Staff Reports,
The Providence Journal,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rinse the garment and launder it as usual, says Zack Saifi, chief revenue officer at Madame Paulette.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
7 Feb. 2026
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The plea followed a similar agreement reached months earlier by his brother, Ovidio Guzmán López, on trafficking and money-laundering charges.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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