How to Use cancel culture in a Sentence

cancel culture

noun
  • Read why she’s now caught in the crosshairs of cancel culture.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • This has set off a debate about cancel culture and free speech.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This is the party that ran against cancel culture.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There's more people who are afraid of cancel culture.
    — L. Carol Ritchie, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • So not only is there cancel culture, but there are culture wars.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Many walk a tightrope with fears of succumbing to the cancel culture.
    — Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And this is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And this is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And this is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Some rap fans see West as a roguish outlaw who beat cancel culture.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Three years ago, Das got a taste of cancel culture, Indian style.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the singer has been complaining about cancel culture.
    — Vulture, 24 July 2023
  • In his view, cancel culture itself may have been a phenomenon of the Covid era.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Bari in particular has made her career on the anti-cancel culture thing.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Before there was cancel culture, there was the kind of disapproval that only made Springer stronger.
    — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • As for cancel culture, Melissa says her mom would have fought against it, especially for comics.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Denzel Washington has his own take on the cancel culture debate.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The assassination has fueled debate about cancel culture and free speech over the past week.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Yet others have challenged the notion that cancel culture is a legit social movement.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Speaking of that, this era of cancel culture is a pretty daring time to be in a band like Steel Panther.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 28 July 2023
  • The left championed cancel culture.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • During his interview with Cain, Johnson shared his thoughts on cancel culture.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • The sentiment that cancel culture and social media censorship went too far is something that is felt far beyond the manosphere.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Everything’s about this cancel culture now, and everybody’s obsessed with this whole thing about how you’re supposed to behave.
    — Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Field doesn’t delve deep enough into Lydia’s viewpoint for Tár to work as a commentary on cancel culture.
    — Hazlitt, 22 Feb. 2023
  • People should be free to express their opinions without becoming targets of cancel culture.
    — Les Borsai, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Tang points to recent cancel culture examples like Amber Heard.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • This is why the enemies of cancel culture cannot help but compare the firing of Hollywood directors to witch hunts.
    — Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In 2024, a story like this has to be — or at least is very likely to be — an allegory for what’s known as cancel culture.
    — Mike Hale, New York Times, 11 June 2024

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