censured
Example Sentences
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It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
In response, Mr. Karrubi is neither punished nor censured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
McCarthyism is remembered so well because it was finally extinguished by the mainstream: Congress censured McCarthy, and Eisenhower criticized him.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025
A Scottish council has been censured by the UK's information watchdog after records about a bullying incident were modified weeks after it took place.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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
