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In the statement announcing the removal of the former prince's titles, the Palace said: "These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

It still demands collusion, censures dissent, confuses the exertion of power with the protest against it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Government officials say the Gray report, which is being closely watched for the extent to which it censures Johnson and his Conservative government, will be published as soon as possible, though unlikely before next week.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 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

Writing in the Nouvelles de la République des Lettres for April 1684, Bayle censures Maimbourg for charging Protestantism with sedition, and alleges the Oxford decree of the preceding year condemning Buchanan and Milton.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles