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censure

[sen-sher] / ˈsɛn ʃər /




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I don’t think anyone can, or should, draw a straight medical line from a Communist Party censure to a cancer diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

Fine has not appeared fearful of censure or any loss of his committee assignments.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

"If what has been stated is indeed reflected, there will be no censure," Socialist deputy Jerome Guedj assured.

From Barron's Jan. 19, 2026

I won’t be afraid of him or of Prince Dain’s censure.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Andrew's ties to Epstein were at the centre of Thursday's decision, with the Palace announcement stating: "These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."

From BBC Nov. 1, 2025

It still demands collusion, censures dissent, confuses the exertion of power with the protest against it.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2023

Government officials say the Gray report, which is being closely watched for the extent to which it censures Johnson and his Conservative government, will be published as soon as possible, though unlikely before next week.

From Seattle Times May 19, 2022

Gorsuch said that Congress has been censuring members since the 19th century and that “elected bodies in this country issued no fewer than 20 censures in August 2020 alone.”

From Washington Post Mar. 24, 2022

I cannot approve of the reviewer’s censures upon my manner of treating the doctrine of predestination.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk

The senator made the case for his record and censured Mr. Paxton for unethical behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.

From Slate Dec. 11, 2025

FBI agents at field offices and at headquarters who resisted Gray’s power were censured, fired or transferred.

From Salon Oct. 4, 2025

When a politician is censured, it means a formal statement of disapproval is issued by their party or organisation that condemns their actions or behaviour.

From BBC May 16, 2025

With high-stakes testing, a teacher whose students test poorly can be censured or passed over for a raise or promotion.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Critics are censuring Mr. Warsh for turning his back on those goals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

In the USC Academic Senate’s vote, 21 members favored censuring the president and provost, seven opposed, and six abstained.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2024

But make no mistake about its significance: Parliament censuring a man who was prime minister as recently as September in the strongest possible terms.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2023

Yet years later, as head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was emphatic in asserting Rome’s authority, censuring theologians and advocating greater freedom to use the Latin Mass.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2022

The Russians were censuring his behavior in front of his friends and the world press.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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