How to Use censorship in a Sentence

censorship

noun
  • There’s a clear risk that some films will be shelved through censorship.
    — Martin Dale, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022
  • But none of this would have passed censorship standards even a decade ago.
    — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
  • At present, censorship of art and artists is stricter than ever.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
  • In recent years, across the globe, censorship has been on the rise.
    — Sean Nelson, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Lots of people thought that was censorship.
    — Fiction Non Fiction october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The letter called the removal of the poster an act of censorship.
    — Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
  • But stronger emphasis should be put on the fact that this is censorship.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • This isn't the first time Carr has been accused of censorship.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The lessons from the Cold War’s record of state censorship of ideas are clear.
    — Time, 20 May 2025
  • The streamers don’t need, by law, to have censorship status to show films.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And then again in a look with a black bar over the bust area — in a humorous nod to censorship.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2022
  • That decision sparked a furor over free speech and censorship.
    — Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The people are oppressed, have censorship and no hope.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • Some on the right say that fears of GOP censorship are overblown.
    — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Framing makes a very big difference as to whether there is censorship or not.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 23 Aug. 2021
  • By then, censorship was moving out of the courts and into schools and libraries.
    — Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And that is an area, on the Russian side of the border, with full censorship.
    — Time, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Content creators have turned to blockchains as well as a defense against censorship.
    — Shen Lu and Karen Hao, WSJ, 21 May 2022
  • Heady questions about speech and censorship are not the only things Musk may try to hold sway over.
    — Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Another way of thinking about this is to think of censorship.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There is no censorship anymore.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The art of drag and the freedom of expression that comes with it is under threat of censorship.
    — Tyler Renner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • No is the answer that does not come with the disclaimer that not all censorships are created equal.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In neither instance was the censorship board obliged by law to explain its ruling.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
  • This was not so easy, because there are these mechanisms of censorship at work which tell you what to write, and what not to.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2021
  • The alarming number of book bans so far this year shows that the few who support censorship are not backing down.
    — Anthony W. Marx, Dennis M. Walcott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The post was wiped from Peng’s account in what is assumed to be online censorship.
    — Fortune, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Where government gets censorship power, the risk is to all rights and our freedom.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Fauci is working hand in hand with Zuckerberg to do the censorship.
    — Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 17 Jan. 2022
  • In any case, this censorship snafu, though soon sorted out, was not what the occasion called for.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024

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