as in edited
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 censored
Teyana Taylor made history at the 2026 Golden Globes by not only earning the first award of the night but also accidentally becoming the first star to be censored during their acceptance speech.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Chinese social media users criticized two key government policies, rare signs of public dissent in the country where the internet is heavily censored.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 25 Dec. 2025
The Plough and the Stars was, in the end, never censored by the government.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The film was censored and barred from release in Brazil for two years.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
While books are being censored, writers across genres are facing an existential threat from artificial intelligence.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Many are undated and lack context, and most women who are featured in the photographs had their faces censored by Congress for privacy's sake.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
As a next step, Drewno is looking to create a grassroots exhibition of artworks that were either censored by or rejected by government institutions.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
The graphic violence of its Manhattan investment banker turned serial killer led to it being censored in several countries.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censored
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This interview has been edited for length and clarity.—
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The crew captured over 300 hours of film, which were edited to 12 hour-long episodes.—
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The timeframe for the festival was also shortened this year from two weeks to one week as a result of the convention center closure.—
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Chun and his successor Roh, whose two-decade initial prison term was also shortened, both received presidential pardons a few years later.—
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The messages between Carillo and Juaritoz were friendly, explains Szulc, who reviewed the account before it was deleted.—
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Is it deleted at regular intervals?—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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And while Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog didn’t call for changing state budget caps that hamper the General Assembly’s ability to solve the Medicaid dilemma, Scanlon said all solutions need to be reviewed.—
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“Censored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censored. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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