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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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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

But increasingly they are observing governments in countries like Iran and Myanmar emerging from internet shutdowns with a supercharged ability to censor internet access.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

Then there was the matter of the additional material supplied by the censor.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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