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The U.S. Senate voted to censure which senator by a vote of 67 to 22 in 1954?

censure

[sen-sher] / ˈsɛn ʃər /




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"If the deputies decide to table a motion of censure or no confidence, they are capable of doing so," he added.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

Discrimination, harassment and sexual violence against women remain huge challenges, but feminism has become such a polarised term here it is often levelled as a grave charge, inviting witch-hunts online and censure offline.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 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

A few wanted to formally censure Walter and me, but in the end did not.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

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

The article censures an organization whose young clients only achieved 65% of their goals instead of the planned 80%.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

That there is some truth in these censures is not to be denied.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams

The Board of Supervisors censured Curtis on Aug. 11 for his treatment of staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

They subsequently won back their seats in special elections, while a third legislator, state Rep. Gloria Johnson, was censured but not expelled.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

So far from being decorated, he had been censured for showing cowardice in the battle.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

“It’s just a document. OK, you’re censuring me. Great.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

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

One of the groups, the Association of Art Museum Directors, also told the museum’s director, Jonathan Canning, that if the university proceeded with the sale, it would consider censuring and sanctioning the museum.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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