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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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THORChain’s American co-founder, Chad Barraford, told a podcast in October that “the protocol has no ability to censor individual transactions or wallets—the code doesn’t even really exist to begin with.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Baser told BBC Scotland News she was told she did not need to "censor" her set by festival staff, and apologised for "any upset".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

It was a strange sight in Los Angeles, seeing stadium workers asking attendees to discard flags in an effort to censor the expression of people here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

A: Being censored by others is one thing but I do not censor myself.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

"But," he smiled, "they send along an attendant, a kind of censor, to see that the therapy fails."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

During the Emergency in the 1970s, when civil liberties were suspended and the press was tightly controlled, Abu Abraham continued drawing, even as dozens of his cartoons were stamped "not passed by censors".

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

In interviews and via his vanity cards he would, occasionally, rail against television critics, network censors, reality TV and the Television Academy, which consistently overlooked his series in the best comedy category.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some of its obfuscation tools, designed to bypass censors in restricted countries, have not performed well in highly restrictive environments like China and Russia.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Lantern and other tools are constantly discovering new approaches or vulnerabilities, while censors such as Iran discover new ways to shut them down.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

I knew that all the mail was checked and read by the Cuban censors, but how much longer would it take?

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

Russell’s filmography has something for everyone — and, until this year, something for no one: his controversial 1971 religious epic “The Devils,” a film as heavily censored as it was widely banned.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mr. Bolten, who became chief of staff, put it this way: “Most people’s censored self is better than their real self. Bush’s is not.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Who has been censored here? Name one journalist whom we have censored? There isn’t one.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

It is hard to say why this, of all the sensitive issues that are censored in China, has galvanised such pushback.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

We found out two months ago and decided not to tell you; we even censored personal messages.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The lawmakers said the measure was "not about censoring a service or banning a social network; it is about no longer brandishing a threat that nobody believes in".

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The FCC says on its website that the "First Amendment and the Communications Act expressly prohibit the Commission from censoring broadcast matter".

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Google famously exited the Chinese internet search market in 2010 after deciding it wasn’t comfortable censoring results to abide by the government’s censorship rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

In nearly 500 pages of personal statements to the court, some faculty members said they’re censoring their speech and changing their courses to avoid topics that might trigger even more cuts to the university.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

Ithepen of the Eynyen District, who has been curious about the Alien Mission since, while working for the Sarf, he was in charge of censoring the broadcasts we sent out from Erhenrang.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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