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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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A: Being censored by others is one thing but I do not censor myself.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

David Loy, the legal director for the nonpartisan First Amendment Coalition, said the measure would censor the free speech of all citizens, not just those who defamed or threatened immigrant aid workers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Yulia, who owns a catering company, explains how attempts to censor the internet have affected her business.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Rather than risk discipline and uncertain litigation, some faculty simply self censor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Readers of Montaigne are—and always have been—sharply divided between those who think his protestations of Catholic orthodoxy were genuine, and those who think they were merely concessions to the censor.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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