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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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Katz said she no longer wanted to participate in meetings if she had to censor herself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Ceremony host Alan Cumming described the night as "trauma triggering", adding: "We were all let down by decisions made to both broadcast slurs and censor free speech."

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

According to Colbert, the network didn’t just want to censor the content — it wanted to censor the censorship itself, informing him that he couldn’t even mention that he’d been prohibited from airing it.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

Often, Winnie’s visits were overseen by Warrant Officer James Gregory, who had been a censor on Robben Island.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In interviews and via his vanity cards he would, occasionally, rail against television critics, network censors, reality TV and the Television Academy, which consistently overlooked his series in the best comedy category.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Lantern and other tools are constantly discovering new approaches or vulnerabilities, while censors such as Iran discover new ways to shut them down.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

In the decades since, films challenging social norms or scrutinising institutions have more often faced resistance from the censors.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

But tens of thousands of Iranians possess the satellite terminals, analysts and activists say, using them to maintain contact with like-minded citizens and share information outside the control of government firewalls and censors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

I knew that all the mail was checked and read by the Cuban censors, but how much longer would it take?

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

Russell’s filmography has something for everyone — and, until this year, something for no one: his controversial 1971 religious epic “The Devils,” a film as heavily censored as it was widely banned.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

“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

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

It is hard to say why this, of all the sensitive issues that are censored in China, has galvanised such pushback.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Other critical details have been censored in the memos, making it unclear who was offering her the job and exactly what it entailed.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

We are explicitly prohibited from censoring broadcasters, but this is censorship.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

As Salon has reported before, these things can appear extremely bright in the night sky, vexing astronomers and essentially censoring the stars.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 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

But Lyddie, who had never had any ambition to be thought a lady, did find herself asking, What would Amelia think?—and censoring her own behavior from time to time accordingly.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson


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