censor

verb

Definition of censornext
as in to edit
to remove objectionable parts from the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating

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Recent Examples of censor The first is that the journalism group will pull its punches and self-censor negative information about the corporate partner. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Equal-time rule doesn’t apply, group says The equal-time rule prohibits broadcast stations from censoring or rejecting political ads paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates. — ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2026 The president doesn’t see any disconnect between his big talk on free speech and his attempt to censor or punish the media and his political opposition—and neither, apparently, do many in the Republican Party. — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026 When Ciara and Brandon’s names were announced, a long bleep was censored on TV. — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for censor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censor
  1. edit
  2. shorten
  3. delete
  4. bowdlerize
  5. expurgate
  6. review
  7. launder
Verb
  • Meta says users can inspect and edit information stored in the agent's memory.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Sebastian Ganschow and Bernd Fischer handled cinematography, with editing by Antje Lass, Zenon Kristen and Grete Jentzen.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of edit
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  • This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset.
    — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • With many drivers conserving fuel to shorten their first green-flag pit stop, Buescher, Preece and Keselowski broke from the pack with laps that were 10 seconds faster.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of shorten
Verb
  • But that claim is difficult to reconcile with the disproportionate representation of certain groups among those deleted from supplementary lists issued for some constituencies after an adjudication process.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Meta describes this option as permanently deleting chat history, stored files and active tasks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of delete
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  • Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event.
    — James Reston Jr., Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The mobs of students — and their enabling professors and administrators — renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization.
    — Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Aug. 2017
Definition of bowdlerize
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  • The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.
    — J. HOBERMAN, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
Definition of expurgate
Verb
  • That acrobatic catch at the end of the end zone was reviewed by instant replay and deemed a TD.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Coastal Commission — which has been inundated in recent weeks with media questions and emergency permit requests amid record-breaking flooding from El Niño and tropical storms — is reviewing the draft findings.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of review
Verb
  • It's known for staging fake videos with actors and laundering their claims through influencer accounts with large followings.
    — Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • William was a senior Deutsche Bank executive who was found hanging at his home in London in 2014 amid a bank money-laundering probe.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of launder

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