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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] / ˈsΙ›n ΚƒΙ™r /




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Those who said so—including one of us, Dr. Atlas, from inside the White House—faced attacks in the media and university censure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Prison bosses later faced formal censure proceedings after inmates and staff were exposed to dangerous levels of the naturally occurring radioactive gas.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

Still wary of censure, I further related to him my entry into Mr. Jonathan Gitney’s house and my theft of clothing.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"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

He said he generally also does not favor censures.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 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

She applauds the moderation and pacific sentiments of their High Mightinesses, and implicitly censures the Court of London, for opposite dispositions.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Board of Supervisors censured Curtis on Aug. 11 for his treatment of staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

McCarthyism is remembered so well because it was finally extinguished by the mainstream: Congress censured McCarthy, and Eisenhower criticized him.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Senate investigators didn’t agree; the committee censured the police superintendent.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“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

“It’s just a document. OK, you’re censuring me. Great.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

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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