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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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The agency cannot lawfully act as a viewpoint censor.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

A: Being censored by others is one thing but I do not censor myself.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Yulia, who owns a catering company, explains how attempts to censor the internet have affected her business.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Cue Mr. Carr, his wannabe censor at the FCC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

For fear of his psychiatrist who was also their censor, they could never be sensual, or even emotional.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

That history means the very name Tibet draws China's censors.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

It was an inconvenient truth Xi’s own remarks had left out, and it circulated widely online before censors moved to contain it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Some of its obfuscation tools, designed to bypass censors in restricted countries, have not performed well in highly restrictive environments like China and Russia.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Mr. Millepied’s urge to reinterpret for contemporary audiences Prokofiev’s often heavy-going score, which the composer created under the thumb of Soviet censors, seems more than understandable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Several of the island’s censors would compile a brief news digest from other daily radio bulletins.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“In 37 years, I’ve never seen creative work get censored by theaters in this country,” Arthur Sarkissian, Global Ascension Studios’ former head of production, who was involved in the project, told Deadline at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

It has also been difficult to find the video on China's heavily censored internet.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

In recent years it has censored its statements, avoided calls for protest and zealously guarded its marginal influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

“While data is imperfect and internet use remains heavily censored; we think the reports of restoration of connectivity implies the Iran regime expects a conclusion of the conflict is imminent,” Flight says.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

He did not want our parents to think that those letters of ours were censored in this way, and therefore he never allowed us to correct a spelling mistake in the letter itself.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

The lawmakers said the measure was "not about censoring a service or banning a social network; it is about no longer brandishing a threat that nobody believes in".

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Google famously exited the Chinese internet search market in 2010 after deciding it wasn’t comfortable censoring results to abide by the government’s censorship rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

It has described how journalists are now censoring themselves and are fearful about what might happen to them.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

In nearly 500 pages of personal statements to the court, some faculty members said they’re censoring their speech and changing their courses to avoid topics that might trigger even more cuts to the university.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

“Release,” Rishi answered, before he could really consider censoring himself.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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