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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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Baser told BBC Scotland News she was told she did not need to "censor" her set by festival staff, and apologised for "any upset".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

In the latter case, it’s a question of who do we censor in our public spaces, how we make sure our public spaces are accountable to people.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

For a little while in the morning he had to censor letters, but he was free after that to spend the rest of each day lying around idly with a dear consdence.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Some overseas Chinese media outlets read it as the first lady discreetly steadying her husband, and said censors had cut the audio of her urging him to “slow down.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

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

The Internet Freedom Foundation said the compressed timeline would transform platforms into "rapid fire censors".

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

“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 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

The Canadian Instagram page of Heinz changed its profile picture to a badly taped-over version of its logo, and posted a picture of its ketchup with the logo censored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 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

Catch-22 required that each censored letter bear the censoring officer’s name.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

“Chaplain,” he announced with magisterial rigidity, “we charge you formally with being Washington Irving and taking capricious and unlicensed liberties in censoring the letters of officers and enlisted men. Are you guilty or innocent?”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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