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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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The community services district board in September voted to censure Unger, claiming his “malicious accusations” had put Matson’s family at risk, according to meeting minutes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

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

Girls and women who have their mother's names do not face the same censure - and often when they marry may opt to take their husband's first name as their surname.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

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

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Plato, who was small like his father, sang out with mock censure, “Shame on you, Callie. What did you do?”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him," the statement continued.

From BBC Oct. 30, 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

“It’s like we have one every day,” Bowman said of the censures, spooning himself some asopao de camarones, a shrimp and rice stew, at a D.C.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2022

That the Inquisition should not make use of censures in civil affairs. 2nd.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente

In December, McCarthy was censured by the Senate and died three years later.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The committee can take a wide range of actions if it substantiates the allegations in an investigation, including recommending that a member be reprimanded, censured or removed, or referring the conduct to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 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

“That’s your own fault,” Milo censured them both self- righteously.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“If it takes collective action…it does so at the price of censuring any minority who do not agree with the view adopted.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

The county would end up filing a lawsuit in August against Viet America Society and censuring Do in September.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 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

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

“I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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