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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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Cue Mr. Carr, his wannabe censor at the FCC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Ceremony host Alan Cumming described the night as "trauma triggering", adding: "We were all let down by decisions made to both broadcast slurs and censor free speech."

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

"When a film is accessible to a hundred people on a platform with poor security, it can quickly be pirated and circulated everywhere," said Mustapha, the censor board secretary.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

“And he said, ‘Yeah, on the one condition that you don’t censor me.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

A white censor was standing over me and, like dreams forming a curtain for the safety of sleep, so did my lies form a screen of safety for my living moments.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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